...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
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...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...in Sochi, according to a senior
By the end of September, a tripartite summit, including Iran, will be held in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi under the Astana process.
Speaking to Hurriyet Daily News under the conditions of anonymity, the bigwig said that the "main agenda point is Syria, namely Idlib." They were referring to planned talks in Sochi.
"The conditions set out in the Idlib agreement have not been fully implemented," they added.
An agreement signed in March 2020 had followed weeks of fighting that brought
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and Russia close to conflict and displaced nearly a million people.
The official added that the intense strikes launched by Russian and Syrian warplanes on targets in Idlib in recent weeks indicate that the calm that has prevailed in the region since the March 2020 agreement had started to change.
Moscow is trying to pressure Turkey through its sudden escalation of
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s in Idlib, the official explained.
In an article published by Hurriyet,
Ergin warns that Turkey could be looking at a future like that of Afghanistan in Idlib.
"The sudden increase in Russian air attacks in Idlib is possibly aimed at putting pressure on Ankara for other political reasons," said Ergin, highlighting that the strikes come just a few days away from the anticipated talks in Sochi.
For Ergin, Russia is "trying to reinforce its negotiating position by conducting more strikes ahead of the summit."