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Manolis Glezos, resistance fighter and veteran politician, "was a true friend of our country," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message of condolences to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday.

Greek central banker Yannis Stournaras lobbed a political "bombshell" on Monday evening, saying the then leftist SYRIZA government had broached Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015 over the prospect of printing new drachmas in Russia, as negotiations between European creditors and the Greek side near a final impasse.

Vladimir Putin wanted to put things in perspective regarding his relationship with Donald Trump and said he was never particularly close to the American president.