A senior Russian official says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogans apology for the last years downing of a Russian military jetis too late and too little, and is the result of his failed foreign policies. "If you follow normal sensible logic, all this should have happened immediately after the incident and even better if that incident had ...

If, as expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertakes the trip to Tehran in August, it will be rich in symbolism - even if he were to give up the travel plan to take a boat across the Caspian Sea to reach the Iranian shore. The congruence of interests of the two regional powers, which are neighbors, has never been in doubt. But then, this year ...