Erdogan will ensure Putin's fears of NATO expansion are unrealized - opinion
Turkey's Erdogan is blocking Finland and Sweden from joining NATO - something that Putin is glad of.
FROM LEFT: Finland’s Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden’s Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff attend a ceremony to mark the applications for membership of Sweden and Finland, in Brussels, last month.(photo credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS)