PUTIN

The Turkish president speaks the same language as his Russian counterpart. He, too, would like to be proclaimed a life-long president. He, too, dreams of empire.

We no longer live in a bipolar world. There are constant geopolitical shifts and it is not at all clear that democracies have the upper hand.

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras refers inter alia to the danger of the elimination of many jobs, an issue that came to the fore through the advance of the pandemic.

At a time when a series of issues remain open, Greece and Russia have a certain osmosis that will continue with cooperation and communication.

The EU expresses its solidarity with Poland as regards the emergency conditions at its borders, but also does not back off from its demand for the rule of law to be respected in Belarus.

Moscow is now a major player in the region and its influence is inversely proportional to that of other strong players such as the US and the EU.

Unbridled Erdogan is becoming ever more aggressive despite President Trump’s admonition to him not to act as the tough guy and not to be “foolish”, a term normally inconceivable in diplamtic parlance.