Recep Tayyip Erdogan will probably try to use the "grain deal" to his advantage before the second round of presidential elections in Turkey.

 This was said by Maksym Yali, an international political scientist, professor of the Department of International Relations of NAU.

 He noted that leaders of authoritarian Eastern states usually try to compensate for failures in the economy or inflation with geopolitical gains.

 The President of Turkey has been doing this for a long time. The political scientist recalled that in 2020, Erdogan supported Azerbaijan in the second Karabakh war, and now it is a "grain agreement" for the export of Ukrainian food.

 According to the political analyst, Erdogan may promote the continuation of the "grain corridor" before the second round of presidential elections in Turkey.

 "By the way, according to the version of the Russian side, it was extended only for 60 days, that is, until May 18. And here you have the second round (the first round on May 14, - ed.). It seems to me that if it ends on the eve of the second round, then everything will wind up - the food crisis, global hunger, overcoming, and that's when he can convince Putin to extend the agreement. This can be an additional factor," Maksym Yali noted.