Greece is dangling the prospect of an Athens-Moscow alliance in an audacious attempt to pressure its eurozone creditors into watering down austerity demands as the country teeters on the edge of default and bankruptcy.
The Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, will hold talks with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, 12 days before Greece must either pay $1.6bn (£1bn) to the International Monetary Fund or become the first eurozone state effectively to go bust.
For President Putin a Greek alliance is advantageous. He has been courting leaders in other EU states as he has come under pressure from financial sanctions over his military intervention in Ukraine. Some have spoken of the possibility of a Russian “fifth column” being created in the EU, beholden to the Kremlin.
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