Ukraine war boosts Europeanism in border-wary Greece

Despite their firm pro-Western policy, Greeks remain wary of both the US and Russia as they fight a proxy war in Ukraine

ATHENS, Greece – The bonds between Greece and Russia run deep. Greek monks converted the Russians to Orthodox Christianity and gave them their alphabet in the 9th century. Russia’s navy helped secure Greek independence from the Ottoman empire a thousand years later. There persists a mystical belief among some Greeks that Russia will eventually help them…