Senator Bondarev: Turkey is gradually and steadily turning from a neutral country into an unfriendly one
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The transfer by Turkey of the commanders of the Azov national battalion (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) to Ukraine in violation of the agreements, as well as statements about the accelerated admission of Ukraine to NATO, indicate that this country is turning from neutral to unfriendly Russia. Viktor Bondarev, head of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, expressed this opinion in an interview with TASS.
Speaking about the events of the past week, the senator noted that «Turkey is gradually and steadily continuing to turn from a neutral country into an unfriendly one.»
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He recalled that Ankara extradited to Kyiv «the leaders of the Azov terrorist organization, who were supposed to be actually under house arrest in Turkey until the end of the NMD.» As Bondarev noted, their presence in Turkey until the end of the conflict «was a cornerstone agreement» in the framework of the exchange of prisoners of war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
Ukraine to NATO and the construction of a strike drone plant in Ukraine.”
Bondarev believes that the Turkish authorities took such an unfriendly step both under pressure from NATO and in connection with “the actual termination of the grain deal.”
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“The many-faced Recep Tayyip Erdogan”, according to the senator, “had previously made stupid and impulsive decisions: he flirted with ISIS (recognized as a terrorist organization, banned in the Russian Federation), influenced the crashes of Russian aircraft, provided drones to Ukraine”, as well as “he stirred up the Turkic-speaking peoples to create the Great Turan.”
As Bondarev stated, “such behavior could not be called anything other than a stab in the back, which was done by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.”