Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on September 11 that Moscow hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin can pay a visit to Turkey for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once preparations are completed. Peskov added that Putin and Erdogan might be able to hold talks on the sidelines of an upcoming BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan. Erdogan, meanwhile, was reported by Turkey’s state-run news provider Anadolu Agency as affirming in a video message to the Fourth Crimea Platform Leaders Summit held on September 11 that the ‘return of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of inte…
