Lukashenko says Belarusian planes re-fitted to carry nuclear weapons - The Jerusalem Post

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that Belarusian SU-24 warplanes had been re-fitted to carry nuclear armaments, and that Minsk would react immediately if the West caused it any problems.

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S-400: se sentant «militairement menacé par l’Occident», Ankara se tourne vers Moscou

Le Président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan rencontre lundi à Sotchi son homologue russe Vladimir Poutine. C’est leur 5e rencontre depuis le début de l’année et la 8e depuis la fin de la crise de l’avion russe abattu par un chasseur turc dans le ciel syrien. Dans leurs commentaires pour Sputnik, des experts turcs anticipent les résultats de ce sommet.

Turkey Threatens to Retaliate If Russia's Food Import Restrictions Stay in Place

Ankara will have to take retaliatory measures if Moscow does not lift the trade restrictions on the delivery of a number of agricultural products, Turkish Economic Minister Nihat Zeybekci said Wednesday.

Ministre russe : Nous ne sommes pas prêts à importer des tomates turques

Le ministre russe de l’Agriculture, Alexandre Tkatchev, a indiqué que son pays n’est pas prêt à importer des tomates turques.

Russian MoD never received any reports from Pentagon on dangerous warplanes encounter

The Russian defense ministry received no messages from Pentagon concerning the dangerous encounters between the Russian and the US warplanes which allegedly took place on February 10, the ministry’s spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said.

La salida de Turquía de la OTAN va a suponer un gran éxito para Rusia

El acercamiento entre Moscú y Ankara genera preocupación entre muchos países occidentales, ya que el desarrollo de las relaciones entre las dos naciones puede dar lugar a la salida de Turquía de la OTAN y representar un enorme éxito para la política exterior de Rusia, según el periódico Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Syria without borders: Russia denies targeting Turkish troops in Al-Bab, Syria

Turkey's deputy prime minister said Monday that it was not Russian jets which carried out a deadly attack on Turkish troops last week close to the northern Syrian city of Al-Bab.

Moscow hopes Turkey "learned a lesson" from last year’s downing of Russian jet

Russia believes that Turkey has learned a lesson from last year’s tragedy in which a Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down by Turkey and a pilot was killed, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

La veuve du pilote du Su-24 abattu prête à rencontrer le chef de la diplomatie turque

La veuve du pilote du Su-24 russe, Oleg Pechkov, abattu par la Turquie en novembre dernier se dit prête à rencontrer le ministre turc des Affaires étrangères Mevlüt Cavusoglu.

Turkey asks Russia to provide documents to probe incident with downed Russian bomber

Turkey is asking Russia to provide documents to investigate the case with a Russian Su-24 bomber downed by a Turkish fighter jet, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV Channel on Wednesday.

Erdogan: Investigation of suspect in killing of Russian Su-24 bomber’s pilot goes on

The investigation of Alparslan Celik, the man suspected of the killing of the Russian Sukhoi-24 bomber’s pilot, Oleg Peshkov, is continuing, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told TASS First Deputy Director-General Mikhail Gusman in an exclusive interview ahead of his visit to Russia.

Turkey, Russia move to begin normalization by cooperating in tourism

A delegation from Turkey will travel to Moscow and hold a meeting with their Russian counterparts on July 14 in order to tackle bilateral cooperation in the field of tourism, as well as bilateral relations as a whole, in another step towards normalization between the two countries.

Turkish economy may gain $10 bln in 2 years due to normalization of ties with Russia

Turkey's economy will gain about $10 bln in the next two years thanks to normalization of relations with Russia, the Dyunya newspaper reported on Monday referring to the report on the geopolitical risks by the Ata Yat·r·m Investment Agency.

No mass flow of Russian tourists to Turkey expected

The flow of Russian tourists to Turkey will not be massive, as this country should do a lot to regain Russians’ trust, Sergei Korneyev, deputy head of the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism), has said.

Russian senator says joint anti-terror fight to help Russia, Turkey mend ties

 Interaction in the fight against terrorism will help Russia and Turkey mend bilateral relations, a senior Russian senator said on Wednesday, commenting on the results of a telephone talk between President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Putin, Erdoğan phone call ‘very positive’: Presidential sources

A phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 29 was “very positive,” Turkish presidential sources have said.

La Turquie ne parle plus de compensations pour l'avion russe abattu

Le Premier ministre turc Binali Yildirim a exclu mardi que la Turquie soit prête à verser des compensations à la Russie pour l'avion russe abattu par la chasse turque en novembre 2015, revenant sur ses propos formulés la veille.

Deputy PM does not rule out Turkey may reopen to Russian tourists

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak does not rule out Russian tourists may start visiting Turkey again and restrictions may be lifted from the operation of Turkish building companies in Russia.

Turkey ready to pay Russia compensation over downed jet. Turkish officials said that Erdogan had written to Putin to "express his regrets"

Turkey is ready "if necessary" to pay compensation to Russia after it shot down one of Moscow's military jets over Syria in November, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said.