Day before €458m payment to IMF is due, Athens insists it will not seek financial aid from Kremlin as analysts say Greece is playing both Russia and EU with visitThe Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has begun talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as Athens insisted it wwould not seek financial aid from Russia. The meeting in the Kremlin comes a day before cash-strapped Greece is scheduled to make a €458m (£333m) payment to the International Monetary Fund. Tsipras arrived in Moscow on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning he laid flowers during a ceremony at a monument commemorating the second world war outside the Kremlin. He is scheduled to make a joint appearance with Putin at a press conference in the afternoon, following conclusion of their talks. Related: Greece's Tsipras meets Putin in Moscow - live updates Continue reading...
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