Vann7 Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:59 pm
miketheterrible wrote: kvs wrote:All of the NATzO sanctions so far have bent over backward to avoid damaging trade. People need to pay attention to this.
Exactly. Cause they know how much damage Russia can cause the world in economics. This is a card Russia still has and can use against the west. Turkey doesnt realize it either and Russia holds Turkeys energy in its own hands. And Turkey isn't doing too well either.
there is another hand that russia can use.. ask iran to block the oil to damage europe and turkey if turkey close the bosphurus to russia. but if this is not possible , russia can have the option to do only
sanctions on turkey economy , tourism and all trade blocked , and say that will discuss more responses from russia at their own time . But crushing turkey economy is possible by talking with all turkey trade partners , to help russia punish turkey economically.. russia influence latin america ,china and india and iran and ask them to stop trading with turkey . and can influence some europeans too. to send to the button of the sea the turkey economy.
solution for russia with turkey is economic sanctions energy and food and tourism and prepare for a future war with them , if they go from the blockade to a physical attack on its military. then use RT to expose erdogan alliance with isis and alqaeda in syria. also russia can stop building the nuclear reactor to turkey.. over time , he will capitulate because turkey don't win anything with blocking russia from bosphurus ,will only lose money in energy and no more weapons from russia and no more nuclear reactor.
and russia don't need the bosphurus strait to trade ,they can switch to iran ,china and india ,using another route.. the biggest loser will be turkey. So russia don't need to rush and go to war yet with turkey over the bosphurus . The one that will lose more is turkey.
so russia shold focus on ukraine ,until all captured , before thinking in another military campaign .
by the time he finish in ukraine ,erdogan will reopen it again to reduce the damages of no trade with russia.