Turkey and Russia: repairing ruptured ties

Turkey and Russia have bolstered cooperation since the 2015 downing of a Russian jet caused a major rupture, their leaders launching Tuesday the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant. Turkey insists the Russian plane -- deployed as part of Moscow's military campaign in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fight against rebels -- strayed into Turkish airspace. Moscow adamantly denies the claim and a furious President Vladimir Putin labels the incident a "stab in the back".

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