Russian “Diplomacy of Attrition” Needed to Curb Erdogan’s Ambition in the Caucasus "Turkey’s maneuvers have caused alarm at the highest levels of the Russian state" Maxim A. Suchkov 9 Oct 20 954 9
Russia’s Defense Minister Hosts Libya’s Haftar in Moscow to Mess With Erdogan A reminder to Erdogan of another reason not to go too far in Syria's Idlib Maxim A. Suchkov 23 Feb 20 1562 10
Russia Has Built Up Influence in Libya to Force Europe to Engage With It And it has worked like a charm Maxim A. Suchkov 24 Jan 20 772 1
War in Syria Putin Is Feeding Erdogan Bitter Medicine on Syria’s Idlib — Slowly The Russian president ultimately sees Bashar al-Assad as the solution to Turkey's border problem, but is playing the long game Maxim A. Suchkov 11 Sep 19 1752 2
Putin Proposed to Erdogan to Allow Idlib to Fall to Assad in Return for a Narrow Buffer Zone Erdogan wasn't thrilled with what he was hearing, but he did get some free ice cream Maxim A. Suchkov 29 Aug 19 6836 5
2019 Idlib Offensive Putin Brushes Off Turkish Protests, Reiterates Support for Syrian Army Offensive on Al-Qaeda Rebels Russian leader points out before the deescalation freeze al-Qaeda held 50 percent of rebel Idlib and now it's 90 Maxim A. Suchkov 22 Aug 19 982 6