Thread by @anno1540

Turkey refuses Russian S-400s and does not want to help Moscow bypass sanctions

Russia's hopes that Ankara will become a "gray ally against the West" seem to be failing.

We tell the readers of Pravda Gerashchenko how Turkey's position has changed.
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Stop smuggling
🇹🇷 On March 8, Turkey stopped the transportation of prohibited goods to Russia. Refrigerators, audio-video equipment, auto parts, textiles, building materials and other items “from the EU sanctions list” went to the warehouses.
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Powerful airstrike
🇹🇷 On March 16, Turkey refused to refuel and service Boeing and Airbus aircraft of Russian and Belarusian airlines. The following companies were banned: Aeroflot, S7 Airlines, Utair, AZUR Air, Pegas Fly, Russia and Yamal.
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In addition, Turkish liners were banned from buying fuel from Lukoil and Gazprom.
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Rejection of air defense
🇹🇷 Turkey has paused the purchase of the second batch of S-400 systems from the Russian Federation.
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Kazakhstan instead of Turkey
🇰🇿 Russia has literally “filled up” Kazakh firms with proposals for cooperation.
The dictatorship really needs industrial equipment, bearings for railway cars, electronics, radio engineering, turbines, spare parts, and even materials -
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for the production of bank cards.
Also, Kazakhstan is asked to arrange the smuggling of aircraft parts and rare earth metals from Australia.
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The propagandists are furious
🇬🇧 Ex-deputy Bagdasarov publicly called for declaring war on Turkey and "taking Constantinople", "expelling Turkey from Central Asia, Ukraine and the South Caucasus."
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These changes in Turkey's policy are an important signal for the countries of Central Asia. Now their distancing from the Kremlin will accelerate.

📷AFP

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