Greek leftwing intellectual and former minister says his indictment is indicative of far-right turn in western politics Greek leftwing intellectual and former minister says his indictment is indicative of far-right turn in western politics Yanis Varoufakis, the leftwing firebrand who briefly served as Greece’s finance minister, has criticised his “ridiculous prosecution” for allegedly promoting the use of recreational drugs after his public admission that he once took an ecstasy pill almost 40