Merkel Ally Says Greece Is Free to Make Russian ‘Mistake’
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A party ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said raising dependence on Russia is Greece’s “mistake” to make, though there’s no reason to condemn any loan by the Kremlin to Europe’s most-indebted state .
Norbert Roettgen, a lawmaker with Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union who is chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, commented in a phone interview as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras seeks closer ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a three-day visit to Moscow.