It is a strange thing to say the least. Putin visits Athens and the Greek people welcome him. Nothing unusual here. What is unusual is our leftwing Prime Minister along with his cabinet taking Putin on a royal tour of all things Greek Orthodox. At the same time the leader of the opposition is just as eager to meet with him in an after midnight press conference. The second day of Putins visit focuses on Mt. Athos (Άγιον Όρος) the holiest pilgrimmage in Greece. The President of Greece joins him. So the big deal is that Greeks are finaly united in something. That something is reestablishing our position as the bridge between east and west. This is a position shared by the left and right wing politicians alike. The extremists too. Putin has managed to persuade both the religious and the communist Greeks alike.
This visit is not the highlight of the week for me though. In another suprise move Tsipras introduces legislation to allow MPs to aquire shares in offshore companies. The law says they must be in countries that have tax agreements with Greece and so on. This would lift the ban imposed on Members of Parliament and harmonize Greek law with the rest of the EU. The opposition and the press had a heyday with it. They pointed out the moral ramifications and the unfairness and demanded the new law be withdrawn. In a suprise move Tsipras rescinds the law introducing new legislation that extends the ban to all MPs and their families. The new law was voted today and as expected the opposition walked out. The ultimate trolling. Poor politicians will now have to sell their wives offshore shares and report the income.
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| Tsipras and Putin in Athens |
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| At the Byzantine museum |
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| Athens LGBT community protests in front of Parliament |
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| Russian Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos. |
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