Due to the increase in the number of infections, Russia stopped flights to Turkey and Tanzania for a month and a half, until June 1, writes RBC. This will affect not only tourists, but also those flying to the United States. Istanbul is a huge transit hub, and many...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday, December 22, condemned Russian airstrikes on the Syrian city of Idlib and stressed that Syrian territory will not be part of the Kremlin’s “imperialist” aspirations. The head of the Turkish government said that dozens of people were killed as a result of these bombings, Reuters reports. ...

On Sunday, December 13, the Russian warship Smetlivy, with small arms fire, "drove away" a Turkish seiner one kilometer away in order, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, to prevent a collision, Interfax reports. “At 9:03 am Moscow time, the ship's watchkeeping service discovered at a distance of about ...