A meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin is under way in St Petersburg, the first since the two leaders fell out over the Russian fighter jet downed by the Turkish air force last November. The Russian president received his Turkish counterpart on August 9 afternoon as both leaders attempt to put the bad blood of the past nine months behind them.
The Guardian: Erdogan and Putin discuss closer ties in first meeting since jet downing
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) meets Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) in Konstantinovsky Palace outside Saint Petersburg on August 9, 2016.
