Dennis Sammut

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Opinion: Despite US opposition, Turkey prepares to buy another batch of Russian S-400

27 August 2020

A managed process of co-operation and competition continues to characterise Turkish-Russian relations, and in the future this may also extend to the South Caucasus, writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.

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Opinion: The moment Russia tore up the rule book

26 August 2020

Dennis Sammut discusses Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in August 2008, and says that it opened a Pandora's box, with wide-ranging and long term implications

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US renews pledge of support to Ukraine

25 August 2020

In a message on the occasion of Ukraine Independence Day US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said his country s support for a free, resilient, and democratic Ukraine is unwavering

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Turkey shifts to higher gas imports from Azerbaijan and Qatar

24 August 2020

Turkey's natural gas imports in the January-June period of this year dropped by 3.5 percent to 22.5 billion cubic meters (bcm). Out of this amount, Turkey imported 12.1 bcm via pipeline and 10.3 bcm as liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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Russia

Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Belarusian authorities may send in armed forces to crack down on protesters

24 August 2020

As street protests continue in Minsk and other Belarus cities, Russian media are depicting Lukashenko as an embattled president clinging to Russia and to his army for his survival.

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South Caucasus

Azerbaijan captures Armenian officer

24 August 2020

Lieutenant Gurgen Alberyan was captured on Sunday morning (23 August) near the Guranboy sector of the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone

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German diplomacy actively engaged in defusing tensions between Greece and Turkey

23 August 2020

German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas is expected to visit Athens and Ankara this week to meet with his Greek and Turkish counterparts.

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Türkiye and the Levant

Turkey discovers 320 billion cubic meters natural gas reserve in the Black Sea

22 August 2020

Announcing the discovery, president Erdogan said that although the present amount could meet Turkey's needs for fewer than 10 years, data collected as a result of tests and studies show there is strong possibility of larger natural gas reserves in the same area.

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Lavrov snubs OSCE efforts to mediate in the Belarus crisis

21 August 2020

In a telephone conversation on Thursday (20 August) the Russian Foreign Minister told the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE that "it was necessary to give the Belarusians a chance to resolve their issues themselves without interference".

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Opinion: Despite US opposition, Turkey prepares to buy another batch of Russian S-400

Opinion: The moment Russia tore up the rule book

US renews pledge of support to Ukraine

Turkey shifts to higher gas imports from Azerbaijan and Qatar

Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Belarusian authorities may send in armed forces to crack down on protesters

Azerbaijan captures Armenian officer

German diplomacy actively engaged in defusing tensions between Greece and Turkey

Turkey discovers 320 billion cubic meters natural gas reserve in the Black Sea

Lavrov snubs OSCE efforts to mediate in the Belarus crisis