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Russia said it was blindsided by Turkey after Zelenskyy left the country with formerly imprisoned Azov battalion members
Business Insider via MSN ^ | July 9, 2023 | Hannah Getahun

Posted on 07/10/2023 5:26:42 AM PDT by McGruff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy collected five previously imprisoned Azov battalion commanders in a recent trip to Turkey, prompting confusion from Russia, which accused Ankara of walking back an agreement to keep them until the war's end.

In a Saturday video posted by Zelenskyy, commanding members of the battalion — a white nationalist paramilitary force within the Ukrainian National Guard — can be seen hugging the Ukrainian president before they board a plane. The commanders had been captured in the port city of Mariupol.

"We are returning home from Turkey and bringing our heroes home," a post on Zelenskyy's Twitter read.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: erdogan; germany; hannahgetahun; nato; nazirelease; nazis; ratline; receperdogan; russia; sweden; syria; turkey; turkiye; ukraine
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1 posted on 07/10/2023 5:26:42 AM PDT by McGruff
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“Russia said it was blindsided by Turkey after Zelenskyy left the country with formerly imprisoned Azov battalion members”

We’ll see if it’s 4-D chess...seems that Turkey has a LOT TO LOSE if it really blind-sided Russia, as in huge energy plans that were announced the past year.


2 posted on 07/10/2023 5:32:55 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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Turkey's president Erdogan is a snake in the grass. No one should trust him.
3 posted on 07/10/2023 5:36:42 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

He joins the other snakes on the list.

Don’t trust snake Biden.

Don’t trust snake Putin.

Don’t trust snake Zelenskyy.

Don’t trust snake Xi.

Don’t trust snake “fill in the blank in Washington DC”.


4 posted on 07/10/2023 5:41:28 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: McGruff

“ heroes”

Put them on trial in Mariupol and let the people present their side of living under Azov.


5 posted on 07/10/2023 5:42:43 AM PDT by silverleaf (It's not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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To: McGruff

“Turkey’s president Erdogan is a snake in the grass. No one should trust him.”

For sure, but messing around with Putin today is not very smart, and I think he is smart. We’ll see. Some people have said that it might be retaliation for something going on in Syria, but who knows.


6 posted on 07/10/2023 5:44:46 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: Alas Babylon!
--- "He joins the other snakes on the list. Don't trust snake Biden. Don't trust snake Putin. Don't trust snake Zelenskyy. Don't trust snake Xi. Don't trust snake 'fill in the blank in Washington DC'."

Come on, man! You're supposed to pick the one we want you to pick! Come on, man! (Sniff little girl's hair, sniff cocaine, sniff.)

7 posted on 07/10/2023 5:46:58 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: BobL

Russia is the only thing standing in the way of the new Ottoman Empire.


8 posted on 07/10/2023 5:47:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

Recep Erdogan is building a new Istanbul Canal to circumvent the Montreaux convention and control East-West trade. Once it is completed, it may make Erdogan the wealthiest man in the world because of toll fees collected. The canal aims to minimise shipping traffic in the Bosporus. It is projected to have a capacity of 160 vessel transits a day – similar to the current volume of traffic through the Bosporus, where traffic congestion leaves ships queuing for days to transit the strait. Some analysts have speculated that the main reason for construction of the canal is to bypass the Montreux Convention, which limits the number and tonnage of warships from non-Black Sea powers that could enter the sea via the Bosporus, as well as prohibiting tolls on traffic passing through it.


9 posted on 07/10/2023 5:49:48 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: dfwgator

See post 9


10 posted on 07/10/2023 5:50:20 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: McGruff

“Turkey’s president Erdogan is a snake in the grass. No one should trust him.”

Lol. And Putin should be trusted?


11 posted on 07/10/2023 5:50:54 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: dfwgator

Lol. Do you realize what a poor, messed up country Turkey is?


12 posted on 07/10/2023 5:52:04 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: BobL

I take this as a positive. Erdogan is currently talking to both leaders. I believe he meets with Putin soon. A deal was brokered by Turkey in spring of ‘22 before DC put the kybosh on peace. A sign of good faith on Erdogan’s part? Actual diplomacy in response to the counteroffensive? It’s something to hope for.


13 posted on 07/10/2023 5:55:00 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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"Russia said it was blindsided by Turkey after Zelenskyy left..."

That would be KKKomodomir Ichabodovich Zelensky, the HMFIC of Hohostan who plays the piano with his Johnson??

14 posted on 07/10/2023 5:56:23 AM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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To: nuconvert

Weimar Germany was pretty messed up too.

It may not be on Erdogan’s watch, but eventually, Turkey is going to be a big problem. You got all those Muslims in Europe that will be loyal to it, when they avenge Jan Sobieski.


15 posted on 07/10/2023 5:56:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

“Turkey’s president Erdogan is a snake in the grass. No one should trust him.”

That goes without saying.


16 posted on 07/10/2023 5:57:45 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: everyone

Just to proof my point.

Sweden is in the final stretch to NATO membership. But Turkey could yet derail it

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/10/sweden-is-in-final-stretch-for-nato-membership-will-turkey-derail-it.html


17 posted on 07/10/2023 5:58:15 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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“Russia is the only thing standing in the way of the new Ottoman Empire.”

While they are standing in the way of a new Ottoman Empire, they’re standing in the way of FAR MORE, which is the ability of the Globalists to carry out their agenda, which can only work if they get control of the world...of which Russia is the next step in doing so (then China, then the rest will have no choice).


18 posted on 07/10/2023 6:00:34 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: dfwgator

Now that’s just plain funny


19 posted on 07/10/2023 6:18:24 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: McGruff
Turkey's president Erdogan is a snake in the grass. No one should trust him.

He's stuck in-between two half-crazed giants. His only option is to play each against the other.
20 posted on 07/10/2023 6:19:58 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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