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Originally Posted by Mull

I don’t think that’s correct. I am too lazy to start googling his past position given now google is full of his Aug 2022 statement but here is an article from 2021 where his government saying Crimea must be returned. And unless he countered it it represents his view - I “know” he has said similar things in the past too.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turk...ficial/2398163

Well, it's still significant that he's saying it again, now.

Originally Posted by blankall

You can check out RT (the Russian state controlled news site):

https://www.rt.com/tags/recep-tayyip-erdogan/

From some of the headlines, it looks like he gets lots of points for standing up to the imperialist West.

Valid point, but I'm really more interested in the vague feely feels of everyday Russians, even if Pointman obviously can't have an objective truth on the matter.