Ioanna Fotiou, also known as Annie Alexui, has provided Politis with photographs of a political asylum certificate which she claims was issued to her by Russia. She also said she intends to continue her public activity through a new Facebook page.
She further claimed that the timing of the publication of the arrest warrant is linked to the fact that authorities are aware that a new video is due to be released, which she says will focus on the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides.
In communication with P, Annie said that the political asylum certificate she submitted was issued on 25 September 2025. She added that the arrest warrants issued against her predated that date and were known to the authorities at the time her asylum application was being examined.
Referring to the decision to make the warrants public at this time, she attributed the move to the expectation of a forthcoming video which, according to her, will centre on the President of the Republic. She claimed that those responsible “know who is behind these videos”.
She also said that the growing reach of her online posts played a role, stating that each video receives between 250,000 and 300,000 views. “It’s logical that they are afraid. That’s one third of the population of Cyprus, maybe more,” she said. She added that her new Facebook page, created a few days ago after her previous account was taken down, has recorded around three million views in a short period of time, a figure she said exceeds the population of Cyprus.
Annie also repeated that she is not in hiding and said she had repeatedly attempted to report members of her family for specific crimes, without success, according to her claims. She said she was not given the opportunity for those complaints to be examined by the competent authorities.
Explaining her decision to leave Cyprus, she said that due to personal threats and fears for her life, she initially travelled to the United Kingdom and later to Russia, where she applied for political asylum. Asked why she chose Russia, she said it was because, according to her, the country does not cooperate with the Cyprus Police.
Asked whether she is afraid, she said she feels safe and intends to continue speaking publicly about her case as well as other issues through her online platforms. “I will continue as normal and with other issues as well. Even if they bring me back dead, I have ensured that videos will be released even from my grave,” she said, adding that she is not acting alone but as part of a wider group. “That is what I want people to understand,” she said.
It is recalled that police on Tuesday, 21 January 2026, published an arrest warrant seeking Ioanna Fotiou, 43, from Paphos, in connection with an investigation into alleged offences relating to violations of the Personal Data Processing Law, the publication of false information and harassment.
According to the police, a total of 13 European arrest warrants have been issued against her in relation to offences alleged to have been committed between January and October 2025 in the Paphos district.