All right, Alexander, let's talk about the upcoming meeting between Russian President Putin and Turkish leader Erdogan.

The foreign ministers have met, and the big topic is the Great Deal.

Obviously, Turkey wants Russia back in the Green deal. And Lavrov, he made some

interesting statements. He said that Russia will go back to the grain deal if the deal is adhered to.

And it's not very difficult for the collective West to honor the agreement, to be quite honest, all the

EU really has to do, or one of the big things that the EU has to do, is just turn on the

swift to one agricultural bank, you know, two seconds, you know, press a computer key, turn on the

swift, and there you go. But for nine, ten months, the

EU has refused to do that, and that's been acknowledged by the United Nations, by everybody.

They've acknowledged that the EU has simply not honored the Great Deal. But you have the

foreign ministers meeting. They're laying down the agenda for the two leaders to meet.

And the grain deal is the big topic.

But there are reports that other business is also going to be agreed upon, talked about

and agreed upon, including an energy, gas energy hub between Russia and Turkey, or building up this gas energy hub.

I mean, this is a fascinating story. This relationship between Putin and Erdogan is one of the

most extraordinary relationships in international politics. I mean, I, these two men end up always working with each other,

even though they're constantly, you know, in disagreement.

And Erdogan in particular is always trying in some way to demonstrate his independence of Putin and taking steps which will annoy Putin

and will annoy the Russians.

And we had a big demonstration of that just after Erdogan won the presidential election.

When, of course, he received Zelensky, he handed over to Zelensky the three

Azov commanders. He said that he would agree to Sweden joining NATO after say that he

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