Greek Consulate to open in Sochi, Dendias to meet Lavrov Search for: These are three cities in southern Russia are where thousands of Greeks live. As everything shows, Athens continues the steps for the resurgence of Greek-Russian relations that began in 2019 after Dendias’ first visit to Moscow and continued in 2020 with the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Athens. In this context, on Monday morning Dendias is expected to land in Sochi, while at midday he is expected to meet with his Russian counterpart. However, the visit to the city where the 2014 Winter Olympics were hosted with great success and the upcoming meeting of the two ministers at the specific location is not accidental.