Vladimir Putin

There is a possibility that Putin, faced with impasses on the field of battle and domestically, may choose to become a kamikaze, dragging the planet down with him.

Ukraine’s armed forces endured the first attacks and struck Russian forces where they were most vulnerable, fighting to protect their freedom and to gain international solidarity.

Journalist and author Vladislav Davidzon organised a dinner with the the then presidential candidate. The atmosphere was so convivial that the discussion lasted three hours.

It is easy to shout, “We are all Ukrainians!” when we see the corpses in bombed cities and the tragically desperate faces of refugees. What is difficult is to prove it in practice.

Long before his 24 February invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s in his two decades in power made enormous headway in his bid to expand Russian influence in Greece.

The current conflagration and the extension of the front into Moldavia demonstrate that wars are always unpredictable and ineluctably lead to escalation.

The Ukrainians have not only have they put up a fierce resistance to the Russian invaders, but they also forced Moscow to retreat from the area of Kyiv and to revise its overall strategy.

The West must send more aid to Kyiv, impose even stricter sanctions on Moscow, and demonstrate that continuing this war will destroy both Russia and Putin.

The West must show the megalomaniacal ruler in the Kremlin that continuing this war will only bring destruction upon his country and himself.

Erdogan has not moved an inch in pursuing a wide array of claims and challenges to Greek sovereignty, and the PM must make tough calls on what more Athens may legitimately negotiate, without compromising sovereignty and national interests.

This war was foreshadowed years ago, as Putin made clear his intention to revive the Soviet Union and concerns about democratisation in neighbouring countries.

Russia's land invasion of a sovereign country on three fronts that began yesterday was accompanied by the intense bombardments of airports, military facilities, and even hospitals

Greece is a member of NATO, of the EU and the eurozone. Russia’s initiative is a flagrant violation of international law and poses additional dangers for our country.

The optimism bred by the Kremlin’s announcement that it is withdrawing certain forces from the Russia-Ukraine border proved to be premature.

The “true spirit of democracy” to which Xi Jinping referred and with which Putin agreed, has nothing to do with democracy as the US and the EU understand it.

The West cannot withdraw from its security commitments. It can offer guarantees, but it cannot betray its allies. It can exploit the ever greater challenges to Putin to cement its principles.

Metropolitan Emmanuel of France tells To Vima that Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos granted Autocephaly to Ukraine to preserve unity, debunks theory of Moscow as ‘Third Rome’.

Seeking primacy in the Orthodox world, the Russians historically called Moscow the “third Rome”,  after the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)

Tsipras is underlining the need for improved bilateral ties so as to “stably build the basis of the two countries’ cooperation after nearly five years of inertia in their relations”.