Far from us any conspiracy theories, but when an American Foreign policy magazine prints an article with ties between the Russian government and a Greek neo-nazi political party, it gives one pause, to say the least.
The magazine is called “Foreign Affairs” and is published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a think tank with VIP members, including the face of NBC News, Brian Williams, CNN host and international relations analyst Fareed Zakaria and actress and special refugee envoy for the UN, Angelina Jolie.
According to a piece entitled “Putin's Western Allies”, contributor Mitchell A. Orenstein writes about the Russian president's ties with extreme right wing organizations around Europe. After writing about the Kremlin's close ties with the Hungarian Jobbik party in Hungary and France's National Front, he turns his attention to Greece's Golden Dawn.
Here's what he writes.
Remember Golden Dawn, the Greek fascist party that won 18 seats in Greece’s parliament in 2012? Members use Nazi symbols at rallies, emphasize street fighting, and sing the Greek version of the Nazi Party anthem. The Greek government imprisoned Nikos Michaloliakos, its leader, and stripped parliamentary deputies of their political immunity before slapping them with charges of organized violence. But the party continues to take to the streets. Golden Dawn has never hidden its close connections to Russia’s extreme right, and is thought to receive funds from Russia. One Golden Dawn linked website reports that Michaloliakos even received a letter in prison from Moscow State University professor and former Kremlin adviser Alexander Dugin, one of the authors of Putin’s “Eurasian” ideology. It was also Dugin who hosted Jobbik leader Vona when he visited Moscow. In his letter, Dugin expressed support for Golden Dawn’s geopolitical positions and requested to open a line of communication between Golden Dawn and his think tank in Moscow. Golden Dawn’s New York website reports that Michaloliakos “has spoken out clearly in favor of an alliance and cooperation with Russia, and away from the ‘naval forces’ of the ‘Atlantic.’”
It sounds like speculation, but the piece mentions certain revelations, like the involvement of Alexander Dugin and the existence of a letter mentioning GD, which have never been published in Greece. Given the recent rivalry between American and Russian foreign policies, this could be just part of a smear campaign. But if it turns out to have any credibility, it could potentially create a rift in Greek – Russian bilateral relations, which have been quite close in the past couple of years.
Source: Foreign Affairs magazine
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