Introduction

Alexander Nekrassov: Erdogan and Putin had a stiff phone call. He says the Russian readout of their conversation shows that they are not really friends. The last sentence in which Erdogan thanks Russia for its support during earthquake is clue to this, he says. Nekrassova: In other words, it was a rather stiff call. But again, going back to a point you made on a video, at the time of the Vilnius meeting, Erdogan agreeing to Sweden joining NATO shortly after he'd agreed to Finland joining NATO.