“Now, especially recently, this process has accelerated: there is destruction, or a thaw, along the southern borders of the Russian Federation. Countries are falling and falling. This is Kazakhstan, this is Tajikistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan “. said the expert.
In his view, Turkey plays an important role in this process, which seeks to become a regional leader and expand its area of influence.
“I recently read another study on the question of the role played by Turkey [в этом]. They say the Turkish general staff is now working hard on how to further promote Turkish interests in the Black Sea region and further afield in the Transcaucasus. But they, along with Azerbaijan, are already there, in this Transcaucasia “, Shvets said.
Do you believe that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, even if he plays a double gameglobally opposes Russia.
“That is, its strategic goal is to reduce the so-called Russian Empire and expand the Ottoman Empire at these expense, the analyst is convinced. – Another interesting element of Putin’s position is the sucker who found himself in a difficult situation. And this is just the time for smart people and states to rock this sucker. I have the impression that Erdogan is just doing this business: he is trying to shock the sucker. “
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Turkey actively offers the services of an intermediary in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia and provides diplomatic support. Erdogan said this in September Turkey is making a commitmentso that the war unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine ends by protecting the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine. In October, she claimed that Turkey was trying to help stop the bloodshed in Ukraine because “even the worst peace is better than war”.
Turkey facilitated the largest prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia on 21 September (then 205 Ukrainians and 10 foreigners were released) and is one of the signatories of the agreement on the safe export of grain from Ukrainian ports. At the same time, the Turkish authorities, according to journalistic inquiries, can be involved smuggling schemes for Russia’s theft of Ukrainian wheat, and Erdogan meets Putin and agrees on gas supplies.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that in general Turkey “play a difficult balancing game”. “Here he helps us, there he shows that he is ready to help Russia. We have questions,” she said.
Shvets is not the only expert who believes that due to the failures in Ukraine, some of Russia’s longtime partners will start looking for strong new leaders. According to Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky, structures such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be the first to collapse. “What is the purpose of the CSTO? Everyone thought there was some kind of terrible army that would reach Berlin in two weeks, but here it cannot take Avdiivka for eight months”, he said in an interview with GORDON.
