Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Europe itself is to blame for the energy crisis. Putin responds with what he can. And gas is its most important means of pressure. This is Erdogan's interesting political game, in which he constantly humiliates Putin.

Political strategist Mikhail Sheitelman told Channel 24 about this. According to him, all such ambiguous statements by Recep Erdogan are a political game that looks large and beautiful.

Erdogan constantly humiliates Putin

As Sheitelman notes, Erdogan sometimes comes to Putin and tells everything about how they will trade together. And then he goes to Kyiv and constantly notes that Crimea is Ukraine and passes Bayraktars, armored personnel carriers, etc.

So it turns out that with Putin he just- it discusses, but provides real assistance to Ukraine. And the recent statement about gas is Putin's fine trolling.

Why not declare this to Europe when it is beneficial for it. And he once again trolled Putin, saying that you are great, we will earn money on you, and Crimea is still Ukraine. He humiliates Putin with every such statement. Look, you can't get away from me, I'll get your gas,” Sheitelman said.

The political strategist believes that if Erdogan has the opportunity to sell Russian gas, he will sell it to Europe. He is convinced that Turkey buys it not at current prices of 2-3 thousand dollars, but at much lower . After all, today no one knows exactly what kind of contract Turkey has with Russia.

Recall that on August 23, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in the Crimean Platform summit. There he stated that the seizure and occupation of Crimea is illegal, and the peninsula itself “should return to Ukraine, of which it is an integral part.” This is a principled position both from legal and moral points of view.