On-line Intelligence Bulletin of the European Press Agency
by Nina Bachkatov
August 2016 is gone, with numerous references to the 25th anniversary of the putsch of 1991 and other critical events, all in the month of August, that still weight on Russian internal and international policies. Continue reading “Fateful August: four dates that still matter”
by Nina Bachkatov and Andrew Wilson
Much has been written and said about the 9th August meeting of Presidents Erdogan and Putin in St Petersburg, particularly regarding Erdogan’s need to look Eastwards when his relations with the West have been soured by his over-reaction to the attempted coup of 15 July.
But this should not obscure other elements in the situation, which are of great importance to both Russia and for Turkey. Continue reading “Turkey and Russia, uncommon partners”