Prosecutor to testify next week over claims gov't official influenced Novartis probe

Supreme Court deputy prosecutor Ioannis Angelis, who has claimed that the leftist government influenced an investigation into an alleged bribery scandal involving the Swiss drugs manufacturer Novartis, is to be summoned next Friday by another Supreme Court deputy prosecutor, Dimitris Dasoulas, who has been appointed by the court's main prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou to probe his claims. 

After Angelis' testimony, Dasoulas is to summon corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki, who has accused Angelis of a range of alleged offenses, including taking one of her memory sticks. 

Ioannis Angelis referred to a government official who is active in the judicial sector whom he identified only as "Rasputin." He alleged that the probe into the possible implication of political officials into the Novartis affair has been marred by a series of irregularities, while making allegations of a...