Thread by @generalsvr_en

#Russian President #Putin is preparing to meet #Turkish President #Erdogan in Sochi. The Russian President is counting on productive negotiations and hopes to get concessions from Erdogan in several areas while being ready to offer a lot in return.
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Recently, #Putin has been extremely dissatisfied with the policy of the #Armenian leadership, who, in his opinion, taking advantage of the difficult situation for #Russia, is leaving its sphere of influence, drifting to the West.
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#Putin has no time and is not interested in dealing with #Armenia. He sincerely hates Pashinyan (prime minister of Armenia), considering him an upstart and a misunderstanding in Armenian politics.
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#Putin's attempts to remove Pashinyan from power with the help of intrigues only led to a loss of trust and reputational damage for Putin. Everything was done so clumsily and incompetently. Now Putin is ready to dump Armenia by offering it "on a silver platter" to Erdogan.
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Plus, #Putin is ready to offer an alliance to #Erdogan to oust #China's influence from Central Asia. Putin considers #Turkey a lesser evil in the region compared to China and is ready to give up positions in favor of Erdogan under certain conditions.
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This is not all that the President of #Russia is going to offer at the meeting with the President of #Turkey, but it will be in the main package.
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From #Erdogan, #Putin wants a coordinated position on pressure on the Ukrainian leadership, assistance in circumventing sanctions, a dissenting opinion in #NATO, a refusal to provide weapons to #Ukraine, and much more.
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Based on the traditions of #Putin’s communication with #Erdogan, the #Turkish president will take everything that Putin offers and even more, and in return, he will agree to a minimum of concessions, of which he will do nothing.
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But the President of #Russia has no other way out and no other options but to be content with what #Erdogan promises and deplore the hopelessness. Erdogan is almost the only person #Putin can rely on at all, but this is in vain.
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