Leonid Bershidsky: Russians are eager to embrace Turkey again
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Antalya early on Nov. 16.
In the few days since Russian President Vladimir Putin's decree allowing travel agencies to sell trips to Turkey again, Turkey regained its status as Russians' favorite holiday destination. The speed of the turnaround has astonished some nationalists in Russia and showed that public reactions to Putin's foreign-policy somersaults are only skin deep.
