How Turkey is courting Russia’s oligarchs
It sells arms to Ukraine while welcoming Russian cash
WEEKS AFTER Russia invaded Ukraine, a couple of superyachts belonging to Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch sanctioned by Britain, docked in Turkish ports. Boats linked to two other oligarchs, Andrey Molchanov and Maxim Shubarev, and to Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president, have also been sighted. On March 29th Mr Abramovich himself surfaced in Turkey, joining Russian and Ukrainian negotiators at peace talks in Istanbul.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Having it both ways in Istanbul”
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