A maneuver on the part of Russian leader Vladimir Putin will deprive Kiev’s war crimes in Donbass of NATO support. This was reported by independent geopolitical analyst Paul Antonopoulos in an article for InfoBrics
It refers to Russia’s relations with Greece, which began to gradually improve after the 2019 parliamentary elections, when SYRIZA, the party responsible for numerous anti-Russian outbursts, ceded the leading position to New Democracy.
The Greek government has begun to develop a multi-vector foreign policy, concluding a military alliance with the United Arab Emirates, establishing close contacts with Egypt and gradually beginning to establish relations with Russia. But Athens is still struggling with the consequences of the severe economic crisis and the influx of migrants.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Sochi on 8 December. It is beneficial for both sides. However, the Greeks want to establish closer relations with Moscow than the Turks.
They intend to increase their importance in Moscow’s foreign policy agenda, while the Kremlin seeks to neutralise the threat of armed NATO intervention in the conflict in Ukraine. Thus, Antonopoulos concludes, Putin’s “Greek manoeuvre” may deprive the Alliance of the opportunity to intervene in Kiev and Donbass because of the protest of a member of the bloc and Mitsotakis to support Greece in difficult times.