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With many Russians holidaying elsewhere due to the now-resolved row between Moscow and Ankara, Turkey stands to lose between $8 billion and $10 billion in tourism revenue by the end of the year, according to Çetin Gürcün, the secretary-general of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB). 

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, September 22 - three days before the Republika Srpska Day referendum.

Dusko Perovic, the head of the Republika Srpska representative office in Moscow, said Putin's office had confirmed the meeting would be held on September 22, the RTRS reported.

Turkey and Russia have established a direct military line between the countries' chief of General Staffs, as part of measures to prevent a repetition of incidents over Syria such as Turkey's downing of a Russian jet on Nov. 24, 2015.  

BELGRADE - Imposing sanctions on Moscow would be fatal for Serbia itself, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin told the Vecernje novosti daily in an interview.

"We see that the Serbian leaders are not considering such an option at all, and many EU member states are also looking for a possibility to abandon the sanctions," he said.

MOSCOW - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will visit Russia in October to attend the ceremony of opening an honorary consulate of Serbia in St. Petersburg, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Tuesday.

However, Nikolic's presidential office was unable to confirm this to Tanjug.

Amid media reports that a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the businessman Gennady Timchenko, will be appointed as Serbian honorary consul in St Petersburg, Serbian authorities told BIRN they can neither confirm nor deny the claims.

Russian state power company InterRAO may enhance its presence in Turkey once relations between Moscow and Ankara are fully restored, a board member told Reuters Russia Investment Summit.

RS President Milorad Dodik on Thursday said his visit to Russia on September 22 was planned in advance.

BELGRADE - US President Barack Obama has compared his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein, implying that Putin rigs popularity polls in his own favor.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, September 22 - three days before the Republika Srpska Day referendum.

Dusko Perovic, the head of the Republika Srpska representative office in Moscow, said Putin's office had confirmed the meeting would be held on September 22, the RTRS reported.