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Vladimir Putin made the possibility of granting loans in the event of Moscow and Athens of large joint projects, "including in the field of energy." According to RBC, he stated this at a press conference following a meeting with the Prime Minister of the South European country Alexis Tsiprase.

“If we implement projects that will bring the income of Greece, these income can go to pay off Greek loans,” Putin explained.

At the same time, he said that the Athens did not turn to Moscow for financial assistance.

Putin also emphasized that if Greece begins privatization, then "Russian companies are ready to take part in tenders."

“There is interest in the field of infrastructure facilities: ports, airports, pipelines,” he remarked regarding areas of possible cooperation. “They are ready to work in the field of industry.”

One of the main topics of the negotiations, according to Putin, was the development of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, which Russia began to build after the South Stream project was curtailed. There are no specific agreements for today, the Russian leader added. Nevertheless, he noticed that participation in the project will be beneficial for Athens. “This raises the geopolitical status of Greece,” Putin explained. “She will receive decent money for transit.”

Tsipras, for his part, remarked: "It will not be Turkish, but the Greek pipeline so that it is clear."

At the same time, Putin excluded the possibility of removing from Greece a grocery embargo, introduced in August 2014 against the European Union as a whole. “But we talked about the expansion of cooperation by creating joint ventures,” he added. “In this case, we will not damage our agricultural producers because they will be involved in this process.”

Earlier, the speaker of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, advised Tsipraz not to put the unity of the EU during a visit to Moscow. The leader of the largest faction of the European Parliament "Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe", the former Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verkhofstadt spoke even more categorical. “The Prime Minister of Greece must stop trying to play with Putin against the European Union,” Verkhofstadt wrote on Twitter. “Putin cannot save Greece, but the EU may.”

On February 25, the head of the EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini said that the Kremlin expects to split the European Union . “Once again and again, Moscow (and not only Moscow) makes a bet on the split of our union,” she said. “But our differences turned out to be our wealth, and through the exhaustive dialogue we always managed to form our common European interest. This is our power.”