Orthodox solidarity, I expect Greece to eventually become a hardcode Russian ally, and even having the Russians have bases there.
I have heard it theorized that Russia has no intention of invading the Ukraine but has plans on invading Turkey if something should happen to Syrias PM. If that were to happen And Turkey were to be invaded what would the Greeks do I wonder about that.
No way to kick Greece out of the EU? Poor foresight on the part of the organizers of the European Union.
There has always been a fairly large faction in Greece with an affinity for the Eastern European version of “social democracy”, another euphemism for Communist rule.
It was only by the narrowest of margins that Greece was not made part of the Soviet bloc, as were its neighbors Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. And even at that, there was a period of civil unrest for many years after the Second World War.
Orthodox solidarity has nothing to do with the affinity of Greece for all things Russian. And Greece has something that Russia wants, access on the Mediterranean.
Russia needs a financial boost; bailing out Greece in exchange for produce, land or even labor to improve the Russian demographics is not unlikely.