l9January 2016

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Deal Sir or Madam,

  

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my pcrsonnl Capacity and in 
and the so Nicholas Church Fundl cach 

in particular I welcome (ht: opportunity lo set from a customer perspective the concerns and
that arise from l-'inCliN action over past ll; months since 17 July 2014, the dam:
when made public their proposed imposition of special measures nn 

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Regrctiabiyt it ha> not becn possible to mitigate the impact on St. Nicholas Church Fund. fund
was SCI up to mcivc chal-imblc donations from Russian nationals rcsiding or doing
husl in Cyprus \iith aim oi building a Russian Orthodox church in Limassol, 
service the of tho Russian diaspora and visitors. 1 am both a donor and one of 
ihc fund. (iivcn the close historical relationship between [he (ircck and Russian Orthodox Christian
traditions Lllis project canics considerable symbolic value to boLh Cypriots and Russians. Construction
has stopped as there is no access to funds at and as a result the large Russian Orthodox
community remains by a small wooden chapel on sllc. The mattcr remains unrcsoivcd with

   

no solution in sight and is of ro our sufficiently so that this issue
was ra' *d by Mr. 'mv, ihc Minisicr of Forcig'n Afiairs for Rus an l'cdcrallon. in his
to Cypru, . hc legitimacy and social buncfii ofihis is question.