Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Is Turkey Violating Russian Sanctions?

Haydarpasa Port, Turkey. V&A Dudush (CC BY 3.0) 

 Euronews: Turkey faces scrutiny as exports to Russia surge, fuelling concerns of sanctions evasion  

Turkey's significant increase in exports of critical goods to Russia sparks fears of sanctions evasion, leading to urgent diplomatic discussions and potential ramifications for Turkey's relations with NATO. 

Turkish exports of essential goods to Russia, crucial for Moscow's military production, have experienced a significant spike in 2023. 

This surge has intensified worries about potential sanctions circumvention, with the United States and the European Union actively seeking to curb Russia's access to dual-use goods through third-party nations.  

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Update #1: Turkey's exports of military-linked goods to Russia soar (Financial Times) 

Update #2: Soaring Turkish Exports of Military-Linked Goods to Russia Raise Western Concerns – FT (Moscow Times)  

WNU Editor: Much to the displeasure of some, Europe is still buying Russian natural gas via through Turkey .... Europe Is Getting Record Amounts of Russian Gas Through TurkStream. So Who Keeps Trying to Blow It Up? (Naked Capitalism).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Russia will now allocate an incredible 39% of its gooberment budget to its global wars of conquest, officially putting the country at a deficit of $9.5 billion/year.

Collapse of USSR 2.0 to be more awesome than 1st

Anonymous said...

Alexa, pull up the US federal deficit and the number of ongoing conflicts with direct US participation. Wow.. Okay stop Alexa, I don't have all day.

Anonymous said...

206

You have no viable proofs that Russia is in ANY war of global conquest.

You have had your face in that bag of air plane glue again.

And no, that frontal lobotomy you had last week, did not help either.