Putin Inviting Erdogan to Crimea Will Earn Him Soft Power Points in the “Ummah”

Putin Inviting Erdogan to Crimea Will Earn Him Soft Power Points in the “Ummah”

President Putin invited his Turkish counterpart to the opening of the Central Mosque in Crimea. The offer was made over the weekend when the Russian leader visited the peninsula to commemorate the fifth year of its historic reunification with the Motherland, during which time he said in response to the idea publicly raised by the…