On the international-relations front, after 2010, as deposits from Europe left Cypriot banks, deposits from Russian businesses and individuals increased – and Russia has many reasons to use money as a way of buying political control. Cyprus is a crucial staging post for American security operations in the eastern Mediterranean, and the gas fields off the Cypriot coast might be developed as an energy source that would – at least after 2017 – reduce European dependence on Russian supplies.
在国际关系的前沿上，2010年以后，当欧洲的存款自塞浦路斯银行业撤出之际，来自俄罗斯企业和个人的存款增加了——俄罗斯则有许多理由以金钱来购买政治控制力。塞浦路斯是美国在东地中海地区进行安全部署的战略要冲。而塞浦路斯的海洋油气资源若得到充分开发，也将很有可能削弱欧洲队俄罗斯能源供应的依赖度，至少到2017年以后将会变得明显。