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While the decision has been condemned on all fronts in Turkey, and has been questioned by the Russian and Iranian administrations, Turkish FM stated that different opinions among the Pentagon and Centcom as well as different institutions and ministries in the U.
urkey is set to buy the S-400 missile defense system from Russia as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Ankara on Monday, announced that the deal would be finalized “this week.
On top of the current discussions about Russian interference in US elections, sexual harassment scandals about Trump and the Michael Flynn-FBI case it seems logical that Trump tries to distract the public, while shining as a President who keeps his promises.
The US has implemented a policy to Turkey and Turkish citizens that hasn’t been implemented to Russia - despite investigations about Russian interference in the US elections and ongoing intelligence wars - or any other NATO ally.
UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura speaking at the eighth round of Syria peace talks in Geneva, said: "l was just informed by the Russians today at a P5 meeting.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Russian President Putin and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani agreed on gathering a congress of Syrian groups to advance a political solution for Syria during a meeting held in Russia's Sochi on last Wednesday, November 22.
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Following the talks with Assad, the Russian President held phone conversations with the heads of the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which made analysts suggest that the violent conflict in Syria could be coming to an end.
Previously to comments made by Chemezov, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Kozhin confirmed that Moscow had received an “advance payment” from Turkey for the defense system.
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More, she stated that FETO was dangerous enough to murder the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, who was assassinated at an art exhibition in Ankara on December 19, 2016.
would not interfere in the Syrian conflict, especially after a Russian jet that violated Turkish airspace was downed, Iran assumed that the Syrian war was almost coming to an end.
The fact that Russian UAVs have completed over 14,000 sorties since the beginning of Russia’s operation in Syria is illustrative of the prominence of these vehicles.