Recep Erdogan in a Russian Minefield

... the supply of cutting-edge Turkish drones that Kiev can use in the East of the country — could be a thorn in the side of Moscow. Turkey's attempts to lobby Ukrainian interests within NATO will be an equally sore point. The aggressive promotion of Pan-Turkism in Russia . Fears about the possibility of Turkism “penetrating” into the predominantly Muslim and Turkic-speaking regions of the North Caucasus and the Volga Region have never completely disappeared among the Russian leadership. However,...