andrey maslov andrey mikhailovich is in direct contact with us. hello. good morning, how to bask in general refers to anti-rhotic sanctions and to the conflict in ukraine last year , large-scale protests took place in athens, and those who were against nato, now such sentiments persist. participates in all packages of anti-russian sanctions since 2014, three governments have changed since then, but the anti-russian line this remains unchanged and understandable, and this year marks the 70th anniversary of greece’s membership of nato, the country firmly follows the postulate formulated almost 50 years ago by the then greek prime minister konstantin himself, we belong to the west and therefore all external political decisions, including those on anti-russian sanctions, follow from the common foreign policy of the european union defined you mentioned the anti-nato protests, which indeed took place episodically in the north last year, greece does not have this now, but to a large extent this is due to the fact that at the beginning of the year the country is actually in the pre-election period. uh, on may 21 parliamentary elections were held. uh , the second vote will take place on june 25 and, uh , there are foreign policy issues in the pre-election electoral discourse, but there are no, uh, public attention of any kind to them . in your last interview, you said that russian-greek relations were destroyed in one part, and they no longer exist. something has changed since then. and if attempts to restore ties at least at an unofficial level. the state of bilateral relations with from the moment they were destroyed on the initiative of athens , after the start of a special military operation , there was no change, and our communication with the greek side is limited to episodic contacts through the foreign affairs departments. these are mainly technical issues of the functioning of the representations of russian greece and greek in russia attempts. restore official ties to the greek side. uh does not undertake, and we do not receive any signals from the greeks in this regard. ah, for our country, as i said, the leadership of uh greece here, the previous government, uh strictly follows. this is in line with the common line of the european union and we proceed from the premise that the resumption of bilateral cooperation in the near future should not be expected. the european commission has officially recognized that the euro area has entered a recession, the last crisis of 2008. greece was one of the first to hit, so how do you assess the economic state of the country today and is it able to cope with the next round of the crisis? last year for the greek economy developed successfully, and the main indicator of the country's gnp increased by almost 6%. oddly enough, but this was facilitated by high inflation, thanks to which tax revenues to the budget increased, but every medal has the opposite side. in particular. real incomes of citizens have declined. well, and then unprecedentedly high prices for gas or electricity, which has significantly increased the price of food and essentials this year, according to many experts. uh, the dynamics of the greek economy will slow down, but still a slight increase of about 2.2% is forecasted. i must emphasize that last year russian-greek economic relations developed successfully and bilateral trade even significantly exceeded the record year of 2013, then it was $ 7.3 billion, and last year bilateral trade exceeded $9.4 billion, but this, of course, was not due to a physical increase in volume, but due to a large increase in the price of the energy supplier. one of the income items of greece yes, recently there were tourists from russia in general, as in general, local the tourism industry is experiencing a virtual cessation of this flow from our country. greece has traditionally been one of the favorite foreign tourist destinations for russians and annually we recorded an average of 700-800,000 russian citizens arriving here on vacation last year as a result of anti-russian sanctions , a very, uh, serious obstacle to the arrival of russian tourists here, according to some estimates in last year. no more than 20-30 thousand russian citizens rested here. it's a drop of practically nothing. uh, the obstacles for e-e arrival of russians here are the lack of a direct air connection; a sharp rise in the price of air tickets ; and if from the regions, then with two or three, this, of course, not only increases the cost. e for the russians of greece well and just makes it difficult physically difficult. as for the impact on the greek economy, since last year the official authorities have taken such a position that the lack of russian tourists not seriously, it will not affect the greek economy, because against the backdrop of 30-35 million foreign tourists visiting greece annually, the absence. here is such an alleged handful, e russians. eh, will not significantly affect the negative relationship. i would not, uh, one-sidedly assess this situation, because after all, russian tourists quite definitely occupied a very prestigious niche in the greek tourism industry. uh, and themselves, that is , greek tour operators from emphasize that they have always greatly appreciated russian tourists. and it must be said that absence. here are hundreds of thousands of russians in traditional e-tourist destinations, in particular on the islands of crete rhodes corfu on the peninsula. halkidiki has been very painful for, uh, uh hotel chains that have been working with our tourists for decades, as well as local entrepreneurs , owners of retail shops and catering establishments. and of course the absence of russians. uh is strongly felt in the greek resorts. thanks andreyilovich, i remind you that the russian ambassador to greece andrey was in direct contact with the studio maslov will now return to a short advertisement , we will tell you about it on the moscow exchange. with age, changes in vision can change the usual things, then the background was created to nourish the restoration and preservation of youthfulness of the eyes, it is recommended to apply daily for 3 months three courses a year, then the background is now in a new package designed specifically for the course application of discounts on sber megamarket new member biscuit teddy bear barney for only 109 rubles. sber megamarket have you lathered your vacation somewhere, because there are so many excellent housing options on the site daily for rest, something kotyan somewhere to wash. mom needs. you can find a hotel on tutu and buy tickets for a plane, train or bus , then break out on vacation, you don’t understand. i'll explain to the post office now. everything, on the contrary, the pos