It is time for the West to end to its economic sanctions on Russia.
As Russia's response to this week's Turkish crisis shows, force need not be met by force in an ever-escalating spiral.... ... Russian retaliation against Turkey might put American and European leaders in a quandary and even lead to the
unraveling of NATO
if the Western powers did not give Turkey their full support.
EPA / MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV
Ilshat Saetov:
From Downed Plane to ...
Within hours, the downed Su-24 took Turkey–Russia relations, which had been cooling for some time, to a new low, thus marking a peak of tensions between Ankara and Moscow.... ... – Moscow and Ankara. On the other hand, it is clear that Turkey is perceived under these circumstances as a member of NATO and, in the opinion of many Russian politicians, part of the political games of the United States and not independent international ...
The incident that occurred in the skies over Syria when a Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24 got the whole world talking about how close we came to an all-out conflict in the Middle East. Some commentators have suggested that today we are closer to an open conflict between Russia and NATO than ever before since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Quite surprisingly while Russia watchers have insisted that if a conflict between the alliance and Moscow is to erupt it will take place in Eastern Europe, yet now it’s the Middle East ...
