South Caucasus - competition field for Moscow and Ankara

PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus remains a competition field for Moscow and Ankara, RA NAS Oriental Studies Institute Director, Turkish studies specialist Ruben Safrsastyan told a news conference in Yerevan. "Over the recent years, serious progress has been observed in Russian-Turkish relations. Apart from gas contracts, Russian company won a bid for constructing a nuclear power plant in Turkey, Moscow's current policy cardinally differs from the policy conducted in the 1990s," expert noted. Nevertheless, he doesn't think Russia will ever make any step posing a threat to its bases deployed in Armenia. "Armenia's stability is important for Moscow. Besides. Russia attaches more significance geopolitical economic vs. economic interests," Professor noted.