Expert: Erdogan’s words about the “serious consequences” for the Russian Federation – blackmail – RIA Novosti

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Turkey put its air force to “fully prepared” to airbases declared an “orange” alert level, meaning that the pilots take the decision to open fire without the consent of the command.

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Ministry accused Russia of violating the boundaries of military aircraft of the Su-34. Ankara stated that it could lead to “serious consequences, the responsibility for which lies entirely in the Russian Federation.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed the desire to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The representative of the US Department of Defense Mark Wright confirmed the Turkish side voiced accusations. “We are aware of messages and can confirm that one more Russian military aircraft violated the airspace of Turkey and NATO,” – said Wright.

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov called Ankara claims “unfounded propaganda.” According Konashenkova nor Russian air defense weapons in Syria or Syrian radar control airspace no violation of the Syrian-Turkish border is not fixed.

According to the political scientist, professor of comparative politics RUDN Yuri Mail, the charge of the Turkish side is very similar blackmail.

“US expressed support for Turkey, with no one to understand: whether the violation, do not require documentary evidence analysis. Immediately charged with and begins blackmailing. It is really the policy of blackmail, especially on the part of Turkish leadership. It is no accident, Erdogan said that, they say, the consequences will be severe, and I want to meet with Putin. Erdogan need this meeting, in order to somehow save face, to show itself as an equal partner. This policy is characterized by Erdogan: he is blackmailing the EU, it NATO blackmail, blackmails Russia by a number of circumstances at a time when there are no real resources to contacts in the military and political sphere. Erdogan is known as a player who constantly raise rates. Expect it to rational action is not always possible, and in this sense it is possible that Turkey is ready to attack another Russian plane, “- said Yuri Mail on Radio Sputnik.

According to him, this can be done to derail talks on Syria in Geneva and the Turkish troops entered the north of Syria.

“Turkey is a lot to lose if the Geneva talks will be successful. It will be a failure of foreign policy of Erdogan, his party plans collapse of turning Turkey into a presidential republic. Five years of trying to Turkey to gain control of Syria and Iraq can now be unsuccessful due to the fact that Russia has actively intervened in the decision of the Syrian conflict. Therefore, Erdogan can go to any provocation, to command an armed invasion of northern Syria. These plans were with him before – stage a buffer zone unmanned, ostensibly to protect the Syrian Turkomans, deploy a refugee and so on “, – said the analyst.