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Turkish military in Afghanistan: mission hardly possible

11:44 23.06.2021 Andrey Isayev

Turkish military in Afghanistan: mission hardly possible

NATO’s plans to leave a Turkish military contingent after the withdrawal of all other troops from Afghanistan quickly came to dominate the discussion points among expert communities in different countries. On June 17 White House National Security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed that an agreement to this effect had been reached …

Rome, Ankara and il Mediterraneo allargato

16:35 03.05.2021 Vladislav Gulevich

Rome, Ankara and il Mediterraneo allargato

Italy and Turkey are facing an aggravation of the geopolitical rivalry in the Mediterranean. The sphere of Italy’s influence in the region is territorially overlapping that of Turkey, sparkling a variety of diplomatic scandals.Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Draghi has described the Turkish president as a dictator with whom Rome …

Russia-Turkey: the Treaty of Moscow – a century on

12:38 17.03.2021 Andrey Isayev

Russia-Turkey: the Treaty of Moscow – a century on

A century ago, on March 16, 1921, Soviet Russia and the government of the Turkish Grand National Assembly signed the so-called Treaty of Moscow, where the signatories pledged to establish "... permanent cordial relations and indissoluble sincere friendship" between their two countries, based on the recognition of the people’s right …

EU playing a zero-sum game in Kosovo

12:28 19.01.2021 Pyotr Iskenderov

EU playing a zero-sum game in Kosovo

When it comes to Kosovo settlement, the European Union is clearly trying to regain the initiative.It was with poorly concealed jealousy and irritation that Brussels watched the delegations of Belgrade and Pristina sign an agreement to normalize their bilateral trade and economic relations in early September in Washington, and with …

Vladimir Chizhov: “a policy of sanctions in the modern world is senseless and harmful”

12:44 22.12.2020 Andrey Torin

Vladimir Chizhov: “a policy of sanctions in the modern world is senseless and harmful”

During an online briefing at theRossiya Segodnyamultimedia center in Moscow, Russia’s envoy to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, commented on the decisions taken by the December 10-11 EU summit in Brussels, on the current state of Russia-EU relations and the situation in Europe amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Russia - EU: …

«Crimean Platform» - Kiev set on opening a new diplomatic front

11:34 17.11.2020 Denis Baturin

«Crimean Platform» - Kiev set on opening a new diplomatic front

Even though the so-called “Crimean Platform”, as a new unrealistic project to retrieve Crimea, arouses no questions and the agenda of the Kiev initiators is clear, further developments require a close scrutiny, the more so since the political situation is versatile, given the impact of presidential elections in the USA …

France versus Turkey

10:20 30.10.2020 Natalya Degtyarova , Yuri Menshikov

France versus Turkey

The international scandal between Turkey and France is gathering pace. On October 26 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged his country’s population to stop buying French-made products.«At present, hostility towards Muslims is spreading in the West like a plague», - the Turkish leader said. In his words, unlike the European …

Turkey and conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

11:29 13.10.2020 Andrey Isayev

Turkey and conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

The position of Turkey, which has sided with one of the warring parties in Nagorno-Karabakh, is starkly at variance with many countries’ and international organizations’ calls to end hostilities.Moreover, it was more than just diplomatic support that Ankara offered Baku, with media and later politicians of a number of countries …

Lebanon: detonation of instability

11:58 14.08.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Lebanon: detonation of instability

On August 4th two powerful explosions shook Beirut destroying the port and most the city. According to recent reprots, the explosion was caused by the inflammation and detonation of 2,750 tons of ammonia nitrate. Reports of August 8th say the blast killed more than 150 people, while the number of …

Turkey-EU: contradictory friendship with no strings attached

0:13 23.07.2020 Andrey Isayev

Turkey-EU: contradictory friendship with no strings attached

It looks like Turkey’s European choice, proclaimed by [the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal] Ataturk, is finally becoming a thing of the past. Moreover, this trend is apparently being supported by Europe.This process can be speeded up by Ankara's recent moves, which the European Union considers inappropriate: …

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