The Washington Post:"The situation over shot-down aircraft involves an escalation of tension between Moscow, Ankara and NATO"

The Washington Post wrote about what will happen to Russian-Turkish relations after Turkey shot down the Russian military aircraft. The shooting down of the plane by the Turkish side has driven another wedge between Russia and the West. The situation involves an escalation of tension between Moscow, Ankara and NATO.

For the first time since Russia entered into the military conflict on the territory of Syria, Turkey has also shown activity. The actions of the Turkish side once again reiterated the determination of the Turkish leadership for NATO support, despite the fact that Ankara and Moscow have close partnerships which, though they have weakened in recent years, still remained at a decent level. The emergence of another source of tension in Syria between Russia and Turkey is likely to delay the development of new projects related to the energy sector, but no more. Turkey, despite its harsh statements towards Russia, will not give up on Russian natural gas, therefore such a move by Ankara underlines the fact that the Turkish government takes steps towards cooperation with NATO, and, accordingly, with the US, and not towards partnership with Russia.

The US and Turkey have a similar goal – both countries want to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, and Russia is the only party participating in the conflict which can prevent the American and Turkish plan from being implemented. However, while Turkey relies on the United States, France calls on the coalition to unite with Russia to deal a decisive blow to the terrorist organizations in Syria, primarily against the positions of ISIS.

Turkey itself has repeatedly been the target of terrorist attacks. Now the country is trying to become the leader in the Middle East region. However, rather than achieving this goal by expanding its economic and political influence, the Turkish authorities have relied on the United States. Most likely, the price of the selection will be too high, especially for Turkish society, which is torn by internal contradictions and conflicts.

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