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In the Middle East, Russia Seems to Be Everywhere
Dec 13, 2017 | 08:00 GMT
![Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, to Ankara on Dec. 11.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/putin-turkey.jpg?itok=tf2g5Cri)
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Ankara on Dec. 11. Turkey was the last of three countries Putin visited in a single day, after Syria and Egypt.
(ALEXEI DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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