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Moscow in the Middle East: Putin the power broker?

January 16, 2020

Russia has established itself as perhaps the key power broker in the Middle East, but is Vladimir Putin a warmonger or a peace-maker? Guests: Raghida Bahnam (freelance journalist), Daniel Gerlach (Middle East analyst), Vladimir Esipov (DW)

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Sendung To The Point 16.2020 | Raghida Bahnam
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Raghida Bahnam, freelance journalist from Lebanon. She says: "Russia wants to be in a position to ease or worsen tensions in the region at will, deepen migration flows to Europe, and continue harassing America and its allies." 
 

Sendung To The Point 16.2020 | Vladimir Esipov
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Vladimir Esipov from DW's Russian department points to a Russian saying that goes 'Holy space is never empty': "Russia has filled the vacuum created by others."

 

Sendung To The Point 16.2020 | Daniel Gerlach
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Daniel Gerlach, editor-in-chief of the Middle East quarterly Zenith: "In the Middle East, Russia is making very efficient use of its very limited resources, which can't be said for countries in the West."