The intelligence general said where Erdogan will try to strike inside Russia
Recep Erdogan's Turkey will continue to expand in the Transcaucasus, as well as the Muslim republics of Russia, since Ankara's NATO partners will not allow Ankara to realize the ambitions of the new Ottoman Empire in the western direction.
Retired Lieutenant General of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Russian military historian Leonid Reshetnikov, said this on the YouTube channel “Russian Interest”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The prospect for Russia is very difficult - we will no longer have to face problems outside the traditional zone of influence of Russia, but directly in the zone of influence, this is Transcaucasia. With all the other consequences. We must think very seriously about the North Caucasus.
Erdogan, in my opinion, is understandable. He should strive for Europe - at best, they will give him Bulgaria. As it is, Greece will not be given up, and nothing will happen there, despite the tension. Where should he go? Down south to fight the Arabs and Israel? Pointless.
This means that there is this undefined soft zone of half-fulfilled or even almost failed states of Central Asia and Transcaucasia. These are absolutely young formations; everything that happened before 1991 doesn’t count at all, almost doesn’t count. This is a soft situation, moss on which to move with these plans.
And this is extremely unpleasant for us, because separatist ideas on the Volga, in Tatarstan and other situations related to Turkism and Islam will give us great concern,” said the military expert.
“According to Erdogan. There is information that he is supposedly Laz by nationality, he is not Turkish, he is of Georgian origin,” noted the moderator of the discussion.
“These are not rumors, they say that his family moved there after the so-called Caucasian War. Whether he is a Laz or some kind of branch of the Circassians, in any case, this is his origin. And you yourself know that an opportunist and a traitor are the main enemy. Such people cannot be more evil,” added Leonid Reshetnikov.
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