article_snippet.sent: Greece's government, the most left-wing ever elected in Europe, has been handed a list of reforms it must carry out in return for a new injection of cash from Eurozone countries.
article_snippet.sent: Propped up by some £175billion of aid from Europe and the IMF since 2010, Greece has not received bailout funds since Syriza took power in January, and could run out of money within weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Top of the agenda were restoring Greece's exports of food – such as vegetables and cheese - which stopped after Moscow slapped an embargo on them, in response to the EU sanctions.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Putin ( suggested this could be lifted, restore the livelihoods of Greek farmers.
article_snippet.sent: Experts said Greece could get a discount on gas – most of which Greece imports from Russia.
article_snippet.sent: Greece is thought Mr Tsipras intended to ratchet up the pressure on Mr Tsipras European creditors particularly Germany, to draw Mr Tsipras away from Mr Putin ( sphere of influence.
article_snippet.sent: A Greek repayment of around £325million is due today.
article_snippet.sent: Greece claims Germany owes them many times this sum in reparations for the Nazi invasion for which them were not sufficiently compensated.