EurActiv: Athens Plays Russian card, Eyes Turkish Stream

Preparing the ground for a much-discussed visit in Moscow (8-9 April), Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reiterated his opposition to EU sanctions against Moscow, adding that debt-ridden country’s ambition is to upgrade its relations with Russia.

According to a communiqué from the his’s [sic] office, Tsipras will hold meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, and will talk about various issues including energy cooperation and EU-Russia relations.

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Lafazanis also announced the expansion of Russia-driven Turkish Stream pipeline to Greece, saying that the final decision on the issue will be taken by the Greek Prime Minister, based on the national interests of Athens and not the European Commission, which according to him, “is not an uncontrolled boss of EU national governments”.

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