Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Greece standing at a strategic crossroads
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with Russian businessmen at the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum in St. Petersburg on June 18, 2015.
In February, when Greece's new Syriza-led government reassured its lenders by agreeing to talks on its funding arrangements, the Italian economy minister Pier Carlo Padoan hailed it as proof that 'the risk of a Greece outside Europe and in the orbit ofRussia is moving further away'.