By John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with Just three and a half years ago, on January 20, 2016, the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan had good reason to congratulate himself. He had successfully arranged a scheme of payoffs for two men who were intimate advisors to the presidents of the United States and Russia — at the … Continue reading SHORT MEMORIES MAKE BRIEF ALLIANCES, LIKE THE PUTIN-ERDOGAN PACT OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2018