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Moscow: "US Pressures Greece and Cyprus to Adopt Stance Against Russia"

Greece, Russia and Cyprus always have had a great relationship, but Americans might want to change that, Moscow says. Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, issued a series of grave allegations recently against the outgoing US administration...

Athens and Moscow Search For Ways to Warm Their Chilly Relationship

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Wednesday expressed hope that today's meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, will mark the beginning of a new chapter of Greece's longstanding cordial bilateral relations with Russia. "It is a great pleasure for...

Russia Refutes Claims Moscow Hacked Greek Foreign Ministry

The Russian Embassy in Athens posted three tweets on its Twitter account on Monday regarding a statement made recently by Greece's former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Kotzias suggested several days ago that the documents presented to the Greek Parliament by...

Moscow Accuses Washington of "Unjustifiable Interference" in FYROM's Domestic Affairs

The Russian Foreign Ministry has some tough words for American Assistant Secretary of State John Sullivan, the ministry accused the United States of anti-Russian rhetoric. Sullivan visited Skopje on December 18 and said Russia tried to intervene in the domestic...

Kammenos, in Moscow, Promotes Strategic Relations with Russia

Greece's Defense Minister Panos Kammenos is in Russia as part of a two-day official visit, spanning Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, prior to meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, Kammenos visited the memorial of the unknown soldier in central...

Greek PM Tsipras to Meet with Putin in Moscow on December 7

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on December 7, according to Maximos Mansion. The meeting that seemed impossible two months ago, when Greece and Russia were in a diplomatic spat with...

Moscow Queries Athens Over Russian Priests' Visa Bias Claims

Moscow is asking Athens to clarify the Greek authorities' reported refusal to grant visas to Russian Orthodox clerics, Russia's Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova has said. Some Russian priests have claimed that the Greek authorities have denied them a visa without...

US, Moscow Seek Russian Held in Greece Over Bitcoin Laundering

Moscow has requested the extradition of a Russian national who is also wanted in the United States, for laundering billions of dollars through a Bitcoin exchange he operated, a judicial source said on Tuesday. Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an...

Olympiacos v. Partizan or Buducnost and AEK v. CSKA Moscow will Compete in Champions League Qualifiers

Greek champions Olympiacos will play against the winner of the Partizan (Serbia) and Buducnost (Montenegro) in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Second in Greece's Super League, AEK (Athens), will compete against CSKA Moscow in the same...

Moscow Submits Bid for Project to Modernize PPC's Lignite Units

During the Greek-Russian energy conference that took place last week in Athens, Moscow proposed a plan to modernize the lignite units of the Public Power Corporation (PPC). Andrey Proklonsky, a senior official of Group Energocenter, presented the proposal on the...

Polytechnic School of Moscow Exhibits 'The Aegean Islands, the Birth of the Archipelago'

In the framework of Greece-Russia Year, the northern Aegean region presents the exhibition "The Aegean Islands, the Birth of the Archipelago" at the Polytechnic School of Moscow. The exhibition is organized at the initiative of the Natural History Museum of...

Moscow Wants No Guarantees But Real Solution to Cyprus Problem

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that in a future solution to the Cyprus problem no guarantees can be accepted, according to AKEL Secretary General Andros Kyprianou. Lavrov, Kyprianou says, has also made it clear that there cannot be...

Moscow Shows Interest in the Security of a Cyprus Settlement

Moscow believes that the security aspect of a Cyprus settlement needs to be solved in the framework of an international conference that would include Russia, its ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy said on Thursday. Speaking after a meeting with AKEL general-secretary Andros...

Greek President Pavlopoulos Meets with Putin in Moscow, Extends Invite to Athens

President of the Greek Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos while on a two-day visit in Moscow, met with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in his presidential residence on Friday January 15. Aside from strengthening ties between the two countries, the visit encompassed...

Greek President Pavlopoulos to Meet with Russian Counterpart in Moscow

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos will be travelling to Moscow in order to meet with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during a forum scheduled to take place on Friday, January 15. The forum will focus on world events, as well...