Could Turkey close the Bosporus to the Russian navy?
By DW
02 March 2022 |
7:20 am
Turkey can limit the crossing of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea through its straits under the Montreux Convention. Could it have an impact on Moscow's military agression against Ukraine?
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