Amid growing pressure from their ‘Troika colleagues’ with Eurogroup Chair Dijsselbloem noting there is “still a long way to go” on Greek proposals and The IMF withdrawing its staff in Athens; new prime minister Alexis Tsipras heads to Russia to meet with Putin early next week. As Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov noted – somewhat intriguingly – “Greece has not asked [Russia] for financial aid… yet,” as Tsipras is expected to seek agreement for a ‘road map’ of initiatives on the political and economic levels.