To paraphrase Ashton Kutcher, “Erdogan got punk’d.”
Russian comedians Vladimir Krasnov and Alexy Stolyarov have a reputation in Russia for prank calling high profile figures. Targets they have successfully trolled in the past include former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klichko, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, even US Military Commander Kevin McNeely and UK Singer Elton John.
Vladimir Krasnov and Alexy Stolyarov
The conversation lasted for 13 minutes, and in the exchange, they got President Erdogan to agree to or reveal the following:
-To agree to a ground and naval blockade of Crimea against Russia
-To support the Crimean Tartars against Russia (Crimean Tartars are Muslims that arrived around the 13th century and have been a continual source of rebellion)
-That he would “never ever” apologise for shooting down the Russian bomber plane in November 2015 on the Syrian border
From Russia Today:
An unnamed Turkish official has denied that the telephone conversation with Erdogan ever took place, denouncing the pranksters’ claims as “fake.”
“I know nothing of such [telephone] call… The president [Erdogan] cannot be reached so easily. I believe it is a fake, as special communication channels as well as special procedures are used for such negotiations,” a source in the Turkish president’s office told RIA Novosti.
However, the pranksters themselves say there are many different ways to reach a targeted person, adding that Erdogan was “neither the first nor the last” high-level official they have managed to get through to for an interview on the radio station Govorit Moskva (Moscow Calling).
For those who are Russian speakers, here is the actual audio of President Erdogan getting PWNED:
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