Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have expressed joint support for Russia's Rosneft increasing oil supplies to Turkey, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sept. 4, as reported by Reuters. 

The title might seem complicated, but it is the diplomatic path for the times ahead. 

Let me put it clause-by-clause. 

-Today, Moscow is the most important center where the word of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is taken seriously. 

-Turkey is starting official contacts with Moscow next week. 

The truck attacker who killed 84 civilians in Nice, France, sent another shockwave to the world, which had barely recovered from consecutive jihadist attacks in Orlando, Istanbul, Dhaka and Baghdad that claimed the lives of hundreds of people. The attack in Nice bore resemblance to the assault on a gay nightclub in Orlando, as both assailants could be described as self-radicalized "lone wolves.

A senior Turkish government official has said Turkey's mending of ties with Russia will have a positive impact on finding a settlement to the ongoing unrest in Syria, while however noting the two were on completely different pages over how the problem would be resolved. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow has neither abandoned the projected South Stream natural gas pipeline nor what has been considered as its substitute Turkish Stream.

Putin added that Russia is waiting for clear position of the European Commission on both projects, TASS news agency quotes him as saying.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter, published in Wednesday's Kathimerini, thanking the Greek people for the warm reception he received during his two-day visit to Greece last Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the northern Greek peninsula of Mount Athos, on a visit to the autonomous Orthodox Christian monastic community here.

Putin flew from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki Saturday morning, went by road near Mt.Athos and then took a boat - the only means to reach the community.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed Friday that it was time the deep and historic ties binding the two countries were manifested in further economic cooperation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Greece on Friday for a visit crisis-hit Athens hopes will bring energy and trade deals, including progress on a new Russian pipeline.

Religious symbolism is also high on the agenda of the two-day trip, the Russian leader's first Greek visit in nearly a decade.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed hope that people who devote significant attention to the development of Russia-Serbia relations will be given a worthy place in the new Serbian government, irrespective of its composition, the RIA Novosti agency reported.