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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (15364)	6/24/2023 11:04:45 AM
From: kidl	Respond to of 15987

Erdogan mouthing off while most heads of state are staying VERY quiet. Putin and Erdogan hold call on Saturday From CNN's Katharina Krebs and Mick Krever Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to the Turkish President’s office. During the meeting, the latest developments in Russia were discussed, Erdogan’s office said. Erdogan underscored the importance of acting with common sense and said Turkey is ready to do its part to resolve the situation in a peaceful and calm way, as soon as possible. The Kremlin also confirmed the call, saying that Erdogan pledged his “full support” with Putin. “At the initiative of the Turkish side, Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” the Kremlin said in a readout. “The President of Russia informed about the situation in the country in connection with an attempted armed rebellion. The President of the Republic of Turkey expressed full support for the steps taken by the Russian leadership.”

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (15364)	7/2/2023 7:10:21 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Recommended By Thomas M. Respond to of 15987

That's premature propaganda, along with the usual mind-reading. Putin has been handed an opportunity to show who's boss and he took it. The CIA/USA attempts to split the politics of Russia isn't going well. Wagner is over. Prigozhin's plan looks so much like Saddam's 2 x sons in law who got a bit too uppity, and fled to Jordan. I could not believe it when Saddam said "Okay, I accept your apology so come on home to Iraq" and they were getting ready to go. It was obvious that they'd be murdered. While they did have some armed defenders, it was obvious that Saddam could use as much force as needed. So he did. They were dead within a day or 3 of return. No surprise at all. I expected it. How could they not know that that lay in store for them. Maybe Prigozhin really did think he was just having a dispute with the army, carefully explaining he was all in favour of Putin and continued government functions. I doubt he's sitting happily in Belorussia in a disused camp. It's possible that he'd be used to conduct operations against Poland, Lithuania etc which are gearing up for Barbarossa II, but I guess he has passed his use-by date. Mqurice