Erdogan Charged Putin Hefty Price

The President of Turkey pranked the Kremlin's head at the talks with Zelensky in Lviv.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan actually played a prank on Russian President Vladimir Putin by meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in Lviv. The Turkish leader pretended to convince Zelensky to agree to a peace deal.

Russian publicist Andrey Piontkovsky expressed this opinion on the air of the 24 Channel. According to him, Erdogan did not hide the fact that he plans to persuade the President of Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire, that is, to capitulate.

“Erdogan promised Putin to do what Macron, Draghi and Scholz could not do for him on June 16. As you know, the Ukrainians sent them after the Russian warship,” Piontkovsky said.

He added that the President of Turkey is a very smart person and politician. Erdogan was well aware that his persuasion would not work. However, he had to show the Russian dictator that he was somehow trying to fulfil his request.

At the same time, foreseeing the result of his attempt, Erdogan took a huge price from Putin, freedom of action in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria.

“This demonstrates the level of desperation of the President of Russia if he agreed to pay such a price and betray the allies for an empty promise,” Piontkovsky said.

The Turkish leader pretended to convince Zelensky to agree to a peace deal.

“Erdogan did not try to persuade Zelensky to a peace deal, he was pretending. Zelensky and Erdogan were well aware of the game they were playing,” the political scientist believes.