With a looming energy crisis on the horizon with Russia, Turkey has started looking for alternative suppliers for its energy needs, especially in natural gas. Turkey´s balanced approach to Russian-Georgian conflict has been put under increasing strain with Russia beginning to utilize economic tools to pressure Turkey.

Russia hopes that Turkey will cave in and break with the NATO camp when pressured enough and thus is causing significant losses in trade in Turkey. Russia may even halt the flow of natural gas, as Turkey depends on Russia to provide 65 percent of its demand for this resource. Yet analysts have urged the Turkish government to remain calm and not jeopardize relations with Moscow by openly siding with the West.

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