NICOSIA, Cyprus—On Good Friday, top managers of this island’s largest bank were at Greek Orthodox churches when their phones began to buzz. Their largest shareholder, Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, had just been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury.
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An aerial picture taken on April 28, 2017, shows a general view of a Russian Orthodox church in the village of Episkopio, in the Cypriot district of Nicosia. The church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, is the first on the island to be built in a Russian style.
