Annie Alexui: I would only return to Cyprus if people I trust in Russia asked me to

Social media personality Ioanna Photiou, who is better known by her alias ‘Annie Alexui’, on Friday said she would only return to Cyprus from Russia if people she trusts in Russia asked her to do so.

“The only reason for me to return back to Cyprus is if the people who I trust here in Russia would ask me to do so for whatever reason,” she told television channel Sigma.

Photiou has claimed political asylum in Russia, and said that despite this, people from the Cypriot underworld have travelled to Russia in search of her.