How Turkey and Russia have gained from conflict For Turkey, the war in Karabakh was a showcase for Ankara's growing role in the strategically important South Caucasus. The victorious Azerbaijani ...

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A Russian soldier laughing at an Ottoman Turk. Before being pitted against each other in WWI, bad blood between Russia and Turkey dated back to the 16th century. This illustration portrays the ...

Ties with Turkey grew even more important for Putin after he invaded Ukraine in 2022, Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. The West responded with economic sanctions that barred Russia ...

In his view, Turkey’s goal is to drive Russia out of Nagorno-Karabakh and the entire South Caucasus. "Turkish special operations forces can do it by carrying out subversive activities and ...