Russia to the rescue?

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Actually, the made-up part comes from the DUer, who mischaracterises what RT wrote

another_liberal:

"The Russian Federation is offering to loan Greece the cash it needs to hold off international creditors and prevent yet worse "austerity" as demanded by the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund. "

RT:

"Greece hasn’t outright asked Russia for a loan, but Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Moscow wouldn't rule it out. "

Russian finance minister:

"Well, we can imagine any situation, so if such [a] petition is submitted to the Russian government, we will definitely consider it, but we will take into account all the factors of our bilateral relationships between Russia and Greece, so that is all I can say. If it is submitted we will consider it"

RT hasn't really pushed it much further than what the minister said. The false part is the "is offering to loan" bit that another_liberal wrote. He said they'd consider it, not that they will do it.