Mainstream media are still discussing Vladimir Putin’s
unwillingness to talk to Recep Erdogan. What did Turkey anticipate from its new
strategy towards Russia following the downing of the Russian warplane over
Syria?
Russia’s
military build up in Syria disrupted all the Syrian plans of Turkey given that
since 2011 Turks have been planning to topple the Syrian government jointly
with Saudi Arabia and Qatar. This would have enabled them to lay gas and oil
pipelines via Syria to Turkey and would have turned Turkey into an actual
monopolist of supplies of energy resources from the Greater Middle East to Europe. Russia’s presence in the given region
immediately made …read more
Source: Arminfo
