"RUSSIA ACCUSES TURKEY OF VIOLATING MONTREUX CONVENTION
By Alexander Murinson (10/15/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In order to demonstrate its growing presence in the Black Sea and express support for Georgia, NATO sent a small flotilla of warships through the Turkish Straits in late August in the wake of the Russian-Georgian hostilities. The flotilla comprised of three American warships and support vessels from Spain, Germany and Poland. Moscow has subsequently accused Turkey of breaching the 1936 Montreux Convention, an allegation that may have consequences for Turkey’s energy security."
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