Cyprus Government Faces Corruption Claims, Official Resigns

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A top helper to Cyprus’ president resigned. A video showed him getting favors and money.

The president accepted his top helper’s resignation today. The helper said the video was fake and edited.

The video showed talks about power and big investments. It also claimed illegal campaign money and blocking sanctions.

Cyprus said the video was a bad attack on its country. It looked like other Russian fake news campaigns.

The video came when Cyprus led the European Union. Other political parties said the government had problems.

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Who resigned from their position?

A top helper to Cyprus’ president resigned.

What did the video show?

The video showed him getting favors and money.

What did Cyprus say about the video?

Cyprus said the video was a bad attack on its country.

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