By Hasan Ünal The 5 August meeting in Sochi between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin has given rise to speculation in the west over Turkish-Russian rapprochement – and its possible negative impact on western efforts to curtail the imminent multipolar order. Western NATO states have reason to be concerned about Ankara’s recent moves, given the ...
The tensions in Germany following the government’s turn around in energy politics are increasing. On August 14, the minister of interior, Nancy Faeser stated in an interview that Germany had “to be prepared for possible attacks on gas terminals”. The minister gave the interview to Bild Am Sonntag, Germany’s most selling newspaper, on past Monday. In the interview, Faeser spoke ...
Second part of the text based on the speech of the author to a debate held in the Valdai Club on June 30th, 2022, with the participation of Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Club, Konstantin Bogomolov, Director, Artistic Director of the Theatre on Malaya Bronnaya, Andrey Fursenko, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation and former Minister of ...