Mitsotakis condemns 'new generation of oligarchs'

In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington during an official visit to the US, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to a "new generation of oligarchs," saying that he deemed it is his duty to ensure that Greece "does not become a failing state when it comes to its institutions." 

Asked about PAOK president and businesman Ivan Savvidis and the purported influence of Russia on Greece, Mitsotakis said his interviewer should direct his question to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who "was and is to a certain extent in bed with him," referring to a "cozy arrangement" between the two men. Tsipras wrote off some fines that Savvidis' cigarette company had accummulated, and in exchange Savvidis expressed interest in buying media outlets that clearly support the government, Mitsotakis said.

"We have been talking for a long time about...