Andrey Kortunov: the West is not the Only Option for Russia and Turkey
... Putin and Erdogan, they can look for other alternatives. What message does this meeting send to the West? I think that both leaders would like to make a case that the West is not the only game in town, that they have other options, and that if the West shuts its door in front of Putin and Erdogan, they can look for other alternatives. Do you think Russia can dislodge Turkey as a NATO member? In Russia there are no allusions about Turkey’s membership in NATO. I don’t think anyone here in Moscow believes that Turkey might leave NATO. But at the same time, everybody knows that Turkey is a very special NATO member. For ...