Authorities in Cyprus are watching a video. It shows President Nikos Christodoulides. The video also shows money gifts. Intelligence services think Russia may be behind it. This is happening when Cyprus leads the European Union. This could make big problems.
The video came out on Friday. Fact-checkers looked at it. They think it is not from a computer. We do not know where it came from. It was on an X account. This account shows a Ukraine flag. It is not clear who owns it.
Cyprus Intelligence is checking the video. Police are also helping. They want to know who made it. They want to find any crimes. They want to stop fake news.
The video seems to show a former minister. It might show the President's helper. A company called Stratix Wealth was part of it. They said they were from a Dutch fund. The minister was offered money. The video parts with politicians were changed. This made it look like illegal money gifts.
This is a very tricky plan. It might be from Russia. Russia has done this before. They use bad stories to cause trouble. Cyprus might ask for help from Europol. The video is online and from other countries.