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I’m starting to wonder if marcusmaximus is actually Putin’s personal assistant or something. He seems to know intimate details about his schedule and activities.
Read the article. The Daily Sabah is an Erdogan mouthpiece so no reason to suspect any particular propaganda on this matter.
Factual error in the article — first Putin overseas trip since Feb 2022. Incorrect. There have been others, specifically the big multi national economics conference in Kazahkstan. Neither a route to Turkey nor Kazahkstan need be over a sea. Don’t know why that error would be made. Putin’s past travel itinerary is easy to find.
Nothing really new here. Turkey was a big proponent of the grain transport arrangements made because it looked so good for Erdogan’s election campaign and he wielded power.
But this looks like a brief visit mostly about perhaps another grain corridor. It will need to be a quick visit. Putin is in the middle of an election campaign, with voting in March. Nothing significant can be expected until after the election.
Russia knows that President Trump will bomb the Iranian drone factories after he takes office next January.