No trouble yet with Syriza’s views on Russia

Olivier Holmey

February 05, 2015 02:30 pm

Tsipras 230x150 — This photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 shows Greece's main opposition Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras, speaks at his party's Congress in Athens. Greece goes to the polls on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 in a snap general election as the country was showing tentative signs of emerging from a deep financial crisis that has disturbed the eurozone. The vote, held more than a year early, has once more raised the specter of Grexit _ a Greek exit from Europes joint currency. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) | Petros Giannakouris/AP

For months, Syriza, Greece's recently elected left-wing party, has been exclusively known across Europe and capital markets for its anti-austerity views. Now we are hearing something more surprising and worrying: Greece's new government is beginning to side with Putin’s Russia.

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