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Is Turkey changing its tactic in the negotiations on the “grain deal”?

Amur Gadzhiev, head of the Center for the Study of Modern Turkey, has suggested that Ankara may be about to change its approach to the Black Sea initiative, and focus on a package approach to the protection of Russia’s interests and the terms of the deal itself. In other words, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Hakan Fidan will make an effort to persuade their western colleagues and the UN to respect Russia’s interests in order to revive the “grain deal.” Amur Gadzhiev, it seems, knows what he is talking about, and his comments accurately describe Turkey’s new tactics. Admittedly, as an impartial observer and reader in this regard, the present writer finds it rather strange that Ankara took this position…

Alexandr Svaranc

Rusty Tanks, Exchange Rate Hysteria, and Borrowing Like There's No Tomorrow

U.K. tabloids have begun cranking out propaganda about Russia’s ruble “being crushed” this week by the stock markets. The “news” prompted this analyst to dig deeper into where the Russian people stand in 2023 economically. With a significant conflict blazing on their border in war-torn Ukraine, the Russian people are enjoying an economy even better than in 2013, before the Euromaidan and tons of sanctions began being used to hurt the Putin administration and the people…

Phil Butler

Central Asian summit

The Gulf Cooperation Council and Central Asian summit: reactions and prospects

The first summit between the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) was held recently in the Saudi city of Jeddah, and generated considerable media interest in the Middle East. Observers in the region have described the summit as “historic,” “promising” and “having a great potential.” They cite the joint declaration approved in the final session of the summit. In this document the two groups of nations emphasize…

Yuriy Zinin

Clever Western Leaders to Sanction Russia Until the World Makes the Lists

Phil Butler

European Economic Stability Threatened by Interruptions in Druzhba Pipeline Oil Flows and European Hyenas: Vultures Circle the Carcass of Europe’s Cheap Energy Policy!

Henry Kamens

The US is going through a very dangerous period in its entire history

Veniamin Popov

Iraq: what will the fight against corruption result in?

Viktor Mikhin

The Russia-Africa summit is a confident step towards a multipolar world

Viktor Mikhin

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