Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas

Marinakis told Real FM in a no-holds barred interview that Pappas told him that he had briefed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras about the meetings and the request.

What remains to be seen is whether the government was unaware of the murky activities and ties between SYRIZA cadres on the one hand and Artemiou and Petsitis on the other.