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"The MEP, once a feared leader of Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, has been arrested hours after he was stripped of his immunity as an elected member of the European parliament..."

Golden Dawn MEP Ioannis Lagos arrested in Brussels https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/27/golden-dawn-mep-ioannis-lagos-arrested-in-brussels

Golden Dawn MEP Ioannis Lagos arrested in Brussels

Former leader of neo-Nazi party convicted in absentia in 2020 faces extradition to Athens

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/27/golden-dawn-mep-ioannis-lagos-arrested-in-brussels

The Unbelievable Story of Europe’s Runaway Nazi https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg8ekk/runaway-nazi-golden-dawn-christos-pappas-greece

The Unbelievable Story of Europe’s Runaway Nazi

There’s a notorious neo-Nazi political leader on the loose somewhere in Europe. Authorities say they can’t find him, but signs point to a commune of renegade conservative monks.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg8ekk/runaway-nazi-golden-dawn-christos-pappas-greece

January 11, 2021

'It’s incredible': why do two convicted Greek neo-Nazis remain at large? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/11/its-incredible-why-do-two-convicted-greek-neo-nazis-golden-dawn-remain-at-large

'It’s incredible': why do two convicted Greek neo-Nazis remain at large?

Christos Pappas, Golden Dawn’s de facto number two, is missing, while MEP Ioannis Lagos has refused to return home

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/11/its-incredible-why-do-two-convicted-greek-neo-nazis-golden-dawn-remain-at-large

"In total, 37 members of Golden Dawn were convicted – including leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos and 17 MPs – who have now been convicted and sentenced by the Greek court."

The end of Golden Dawn: has Greece shown us how to deal with neo-Nazis? https://theconversation.com/the-end-of-golden-dawn-has-greece-shown-us-how-to-deal-with-neo-nazis-150239

The end of Golden Dawn: has Greece shown us how to deal with neo-Nazis?

Members of the far-right group have been found guilty of crimes including racketeering and murder.

https://theconversation.com/the-end-of-golden-dawn-has-greece-shown-us-how-to-deal-with-neo-nazis-150239

October 7, 2020

Greece Golden Dawn: Neo-Nazi leaders guilty of running crime gang https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54433396

Greece Golden Dawn: Neo-Nazi leaders guilty of running crime gang

After a five-year trial in Greece, judges rule that Golden Dawn is a criminal organisation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54433396

"The most pro-Russian of these parties on the far right are: the AfD, FPÖ, Greece’s Golden Dawn, Hungary’s Jobbik, France’s Front National, Italy’s Northern League, the UKIndependence Party (UKIP), and Belgium’s Vlaams Belang."

Putin’s friends in Europe https://ecfr.eu/article/commentary_putins_friends_in_europe7153/

Putin’s friends in Europe

The upsurge of populism in Europe has provided Russia with an ample supply of sympathetic political parties across the continent

https://ecfr.eu/article/commentary_putins_friends_in_europe7153/

July 2015

5 reasons NATO fears a Grexit https://www.politico.eu/article/five-reasons-nato-fears-a-grexit-eurozone-putin-ukraine-economics/

5 reasons NATO fears a Grexit

With the Greeks gone from Europe, Putin would receive a major boost.

https://www.politico.eu/article/five-reasons-nato-fears-a-grexit-eurozone-putin-ukraine-economics/

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