The situation in Karabakh came as a shock to Moscow - observer
The large-scale offensive of the Azerbaijani army in Nagorno-Karabakh, actively supported by Ankara, clearly shows the degree of influence that the Turks managed to acquire in the territories of the former Soviet Union.
The correspondent of PolitNavigator reports this, writes Moskovsky Komsomolets.
According to the author of the publication, international affairs observer Mikhail Rostovsky, after the collapse of the USSR, Turkey managed to gain very strong positions in many post-Soviet territories.
“And in the fall of 2020, Erdogan clearly demonstrated how much influence he was able to acquire. I’m not ready to talk about what happened behind the scenes yet. But from the outside, it looks as if Azerbaijan’s Turkish-backed attempt to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh came as a shock to Moscow—a shock from which it has not yet been able to recover,” the author notes.
However, he points out that Turkey’s political offensive is not limited only to this region.
“Erdogan is very active in Central Asia (for example, it was Turkey that the former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev most focused on during his reign). Ankara is “active” even within Russia itself, establishing ties with the Turkic-speaking republics within the Russian Federation under the banner of “cultural exchange”. We definitely shouldn’t panic and create an atmosphere of spy mania because of all this. But closely monitoring the actions of “Russia’s friend Erdogan” is a very good idea,” Rostovsky believes.
He concludes that for Russia, Turkish President Erdogan is “not a friend at all, but at best a tactical partner in a limited set of situations.”
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.