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Alexei Nikolsky
Turkey's president Recep Erdogan and Russia's president Vladimir Putin meet for talks on August 9 in St. Petersburg, Russia, in a sudden move to restore bilateral relations between the two countries that suffered a drastic setback after a Turkish jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi-24 bomber on a mission in Syria.

Turkey's president Recep Erdogan and Russia's president Vladimir Putin meet for talks on August 9 in St. Petersburg, Russia, in a sudden move to restore bilateral relations between the two countries that suffered a drastic setback after a Turkish jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi-24 bomber on a mission in Syria.

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Putin and Erdogan meet to restore Russian-Turkish relations

Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin meet for talks on August 9 in St. Petersburg, Russia in an abrupt move to restore bilateral relations between the two countries, which suffered a drastic setback after a Turkish jet shot down a Russian bomber during a mission in Syria in late 2015.

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