Erdogan is doing everything to bring a military clash with Russia closer
For many years, Turkey has been forming its lobby in the Turkic space, both outside and inside Russia, which was confirmed the day before by the jubilation in Russian cities not only with Azerbaijani, but also with Turkish flags.
Vladimir Avatkov, associate professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated this on air on the Solovyov Live Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“For many years, Turkey has worked not only urgently and reactively, but also offensively, shaping this future. She shaped and is shaping the future through youth and social networks, she burst into this new polycentric world and will strive to strengthen, first of all, in the Turkic space.
Moreover, Turkey will activate the Turkic space not only around Russia, but Turkey believes that it has the right and can influence Russian Turkic-speaking regions.
When there was this rejoicing on the Russian streets, there were not only Azerbaijani flags, but also Turkish flags, this is very important - Turkey is a NATO member,” Avatkov emphasized.
In addition, he was outraged that Russia continues to conduct economic activities with Turkey while Ankara supports Islamic radicals on the Russian border.
“Another question is that in this context, when Turkey is transferring militants and feeding radicalism and extremism on our borders, maybe we won’t buy tomatoes from the killer?
Next, a downed Russian helicopter. Of course, like any citizen of Russia, I really, to put it mildly, did not like it that our servicemen were dying there for a completely incomprehensible reason, but the reason is actually clear - Turkey was not interested in Russian peacekeepers being there, but was interested in disrupting and radicalizing us for very tough actions.
We managed to restrain ourselves, but in exactly the same way we understand perfectly well who the customers are, we need to find traces, and the perpetrators must be held accountable.
In the same way, it is clear that Turkey is not going to stop, which means we need to put up walls, Turkey goes until it sees walls, let’s put them up, let’s highlight these red lines,” the expert urged
He added that the West is using the situation to destabilize Russia and is pushing certain regions of the Russian Federation towards separatism.
“Moreover, the West will use this factor to rock Russia from the inside, because even during this crisis there were very active negotiations with the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and between the leadership,” concluded Avatkov
In turn, Russian publicist and radio host Sergei Mardan also noted that the Turks are already carrying out their expansion within Russia through the hands of Azerbaijanis and Islamists.
“A military clash with Turkey is inevitable. If the Turkish army enters Karabakh, this is a matter of the near future.
Turkish flags on the streets of Russian cities are the same technology that Turkey is developing in Europe. Diasporas are becoming a factor in domestic politics and an instrument of pressure. Two or four million Azerbaijanis are already a destabilizing factor that neither the security forces nor the political elites know what to do with,” Mardan wrote.
According to him, each subsequent victory of Erdogan strengthens his image as the main defender of the Muslim world as a whole, which opens up a wide window of opportunity for him, including in the North Caucasus, the Caspian region, the Volga region and Crimea.
“Moscow is completely myopically ignoring the “religious” component of the Karabakh war. While Moscow is whining about “multi-religious Russian society,” Erdogan is using Islamic identity as a powerful mobilizing factor,” the publicist warned.
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