| Is Putin looking for new allies as Europe and America harden their position on the situation in Ukraine? |
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
on Monday held talks in Ankara with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...aimed at boosting trade and strengthening relations, despite sharp differences over the crises in Syria and Ukraine.