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Russia's Gazprom is ready to resume talks on the Turkish Stream pipeline
Russia’s Gazprom is gearing up to resume talks on the adoption of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project. The topic will also be discussed at the meeting of Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak and Turkish Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekçi, Kommersant reports.
Zeybekçi is the head of the Turkish delegation that arrived in Moscow to conduct negotiations on resuming economic relations between the two countries. Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev reiterated on July 26th that the …
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Turkey and Russia resume negotiations on economic cooperation program
Russia has resumed negotiations with Turkey on a trade and economic cooperation program for 2016-2019, RBC reported.
According to a decree issued by the Russian government, the activities of the Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation has been resumed.
Work has also been restarted on the creation of a Russian-Turkish joint fund to finance investment projects in both countries.
Moscow and Ankara started negotiations on an economic cooperation program in 2014. …
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Putin and Erdogan to meet in early August
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet in the first week of August in Russia, according to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, RIA Novosti reported.
"Indeed, today, through diplomatic channels, a meeting between Putin and Erdoğan was prepared and worked out. We agreed that this meeting will take place in early August, will be in the Russian Federation, but the city and the date weren’t specified,” Peskov stated.
Putin and Erdoğan held a …
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Turkish authorities detained the airmen who shot down Russian Su-24
Turkish authorities detained the airmen who shot down a Russian Su-24 near the Syrian border in November 2015, Bloomberg reported, citing a high-level Turkish official as their source. Earlier, the Mayor of Ankara, Melih Gökçek, stated that one of the pilots who downed the Russian attack aircraft took part in the coup in Turkey. According to Gökçek, the pilot is a member of the opposition organization of the Islamic preacher, Fethullah Gulen, accused of anti-government activities, Kommersant …
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Peskov confirmed the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Erdogan in August
The Press Secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, said that the Kremlin confirms the possibility of a meeting between the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in August, RIA Novosti reports.
"A meeting was discussed and it may take place in August," Peskov said.
It is noted that a source in the office of the Turkish President told television channel NTV that the meeting between Putin and Erdogan may occur at the beginning of …
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Mayor of Ankara: Pilot who shot down Russian plane last year participated in coup attempt
According to the Mayor of Ankara, Melih Gökçek, one of the participants of the coup attempt in Turkey was the pilot of the F-16 fighter that shot down a Russian Su-24 frontline bomber over the Turkish-Syrian border in November of last year, RBC reported.
While many of the details of Friday night’s coup attempt in Turkey remain unclear, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has insinuated that Fethullah Gulen, a powerful US-based Muslim cleric, is behind the coup attempt.
At least 161 people …
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reaffirms its support for the Turkish government
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it reaffirmed its support for the democratically elected government in the Turkish Republic following an attempted coup in the country on Friday night, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.
"We hope that the President and the government quickly restore social peace and stability based on respect for democratic values and the laws of Turkey," the statement read.
Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin also expressed his condolences for …
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Turkish MFA: Putin and Erdogan could meet before G-20 Summit in China
The Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, spoke about the possibility of a meeting that will soon take place between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to him the negotiations between the two Presidents could take place before the G20 Summit in China.
Çavuşoğlu said in his interview with NTV Channel on July 3rd that such a meeting could take place in late July or in early August 2016. According to him, the Foreign Ministries …
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Medvedev: Russian sanctions on Turkey should be lifted gradually
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the lifting of sanctions against Turkey should be done gradually so as not to detrimentally affect Russian manufacturers and business partners, RIA Novosti reported.
"According to the order [to lift sanctions on Turkey], we have to prepare proposals to amend the relevant decisions, that is, an adjustment of the decree and the government resolution. We will act in stages,” Medvedev said.
“Here it is necessary, on the one hand, to lift these …
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Russian tourism in Turkey fell by 90% since last year
Only 41,000 Russian tourists visited Turkey in May 2016. This is 91.82% less than in the last month of spring 2015, as indicated by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Usually, the flow of Russian tourists to Turkey increases dramatically in May. For example, in 2015 the country was visited by over 501,000 Russians, in 2014 – by almost 695,000. However, the bans on selling trips and the cancellation of charter flights has led to an almost complete block of tourist flow. In May 2016, …