Moscow rules out any financial help to Greece

Russia apparently does not have enough budgetary funds to provide financial support to Greece, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said on Tuesday.

     "As of today, I rule this out [financial aid to Greece], because such funds are not stipulated in the federal budget law," Storchak told journalists.

On February 10, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that Russia would consider providing financial aid to Greece if Athens asked Moscow to. However, earlier in the month his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis said that Greece would not request financial assistance from Russia.

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