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Originally Posted by finnbow

LONDON — Just days after shaking European economic policy to its core with a sweeping win in Greek elections, the radical leftist party Syriza is challenging a fundamental tenet of the continent’s foreign policy by seeking a softer stance on Russia.

Both before and after coming to power this week, party leaders have made no secret of their affinity for the Kremlin. They visited Moscow to show solidarity after Western condemnation of the Russian annexation of Crimea last spring. New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made the Russian ambassador his first foreign visitor within hours of taking office Monday.

Now Syriza is complicating Western efforts to take a tough line against Moscow amid an escalating Russian-backed insurgency in southeastern Ukraine.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...6a0_story.html

Thank you Finn, I was basing my opinion from the very same article.

Putin/Russia have lost a lot of their muscle due to their spiraling economy and all they can do in the foreseeable future is to meddle internationally, just to keep Russia relevant. Their favorite targets are NATO, EU and the US.