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Shunned Greece Agrees To Boost Economic Cooperation With Russia
It's been an odd few days for Greece's new PM Alexis Tsipras. From being lambasted by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, shunned by Angela Merkel's henchmen, holding hands with Jean-Claude Juncker, and losing a key funding channel from Mario Draghi; Tsipras' anti-austerity platform has been 'supported' by Barack Obama and he has been invited for a visit to Russia by Vladimir Putin, and reminded that Russia is willing (and able) to provide financial aid if asked by finance minister Anton Siluanov. So headlines this evening from ekathimerini should not be entirely surprising that Putin and Tsipras have agreed to boost cooperation in the economy and energy, tourism, culture and transport sectors; and discussed the possible creation of a pipeline to carry natural gas from Russia to Europe via Turkey and Greece.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed to boost bilateral ties in a telephone conversation during which the latter invited the new Greek premier to an event in Moscow in May to mark the victory over Nazism.
The two men agreed to boost cooperation in the economy and energy, tourism, culture and transport sectors. They also agreed on the need to “secure peace and stability in Ukraine,” according to a statement from Tsipras’s office. Putin expressed satisfaction at Greece’s stance at a recent summit in Brussels where Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias conveyed concerns over the prospect of additional sanctions against Russia over Ukraine.
Sources rebuffed rumors about financial support for Greece from Russia, noting that the government was looking toward its European partners for support. The two men also discussed the possible creation of a pipeline to carry natural gas from Russia to Europe via Turkey and Greece.
Meanwhile Defense Minister Panos Kammenos responded to comments by his German peer Ursula von der Leyen, according to which Greece was jeopardizing its position in NATO with its stance vis-a-vis Russia. Kammenos called her comments “unacceptable and extortionate,” noting “Greece was always on the side of the Allies when they pushed back German occupation troops.”
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The Crazy Has Hit The Fan. McCain threatens to arm Ukraine, with or without Obama's support.
http://russia-insider.com/en/2015/02/06/3199
Ursula von der Leyen is a twerp who should look at how far German arms deals have bankrupted Greece........why does Greece have854 Leopard tanks ? Why does it have 8300 Mercedes 'G' Class ? When the politicians were not bribed by the Germans it was the Americans selling them yet more weapons...so much for NATO
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/german-arms-manufacturer-fin...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/19/greece-military-spending-de...
http://blog.transparency.org/2014/06/06/german-greek-arms-deal-corruptio...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/greece-arrests-two-suspects-i...
Just say no ! The shunted whore .... is now "John" shopping .... for a new Sugar Daddy .... they don't make anything .... so they take everything .... oh, the nobility .... of the welfare scam slut .... working a good corner !
The best way to have a "healthy" economy is to have an arms race. :^)
If you beat your wife long enough, she will leave you and start befriending other men. Bankers are like men who beat their wives, their children, and their neighbors, but they drive nice cars and can afford lots of coke and hookers. And they never change, because they never work up the courage to take the First Step: admitting they have a problem.
Yes, but do you think their there lives have become unmanagable?
Their higher power is Mamon, and They are a long way from hitting their bottom.
Keep coming back, it works if YOU work it.
I think you are correct, and that many abusive people never get their come uppance, and die thinking they lived their lives well. Stalin, for instance, or Papa Doc Duvalier, or Rothschild(s).
The difference between humans and other predators may be that when other alpha predators get old, they get forced out of the pack, or at least away from the females, by younger stronger males, but when alpha humans get old, if they still have money, people continue to fawn over them in the hope of getting a nice inheritance.
As long as the money and cocaine flows and the coke-blossom blows, life is good.
The EU is nothing more than the Civilian Arm of NATO which runs the European Battlefield
Europe offers Greece interest payments and auserity and Russia offers oil/gas transit fees. Greece, figure it out!