Erdogan backing Russian stance in return for pre-election cash boost – By Kristina Jovanovski (The Media Line) / Sept 10, 2022
With a 2023 vote looming, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity has declined amid an economic crisis that has seen the country’s inflation rate hit 81%.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is defending Russian interests to ensure his country gets funding ahead of national elections next year, analysts told The Media Line.
President Erdogan said Thursday he agrees with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that grain being shipped from Ukraine after a United Nations-brokered deal signed in Turkey was going to rich countries over poor nations.
The Turkish leader added that he wanted grain exports to start from Russia, which is under heavy sanctions from the West following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The remarks came a day after comments by President Erdogan on Wednesday, in which he said he didn’t agree with the policies of Western countries.
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