Russian regions, including Crimea, will never be a topic for deals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the Turkish professor's idea of ​​recognizing Crimea in exchange for recognizing Northern Cyprus.

China considers the dispute over the Kuril Islands to be a matter of exclusively bilateral relations between Japan and Russia.

Negotiations between Turkey and Ukraine on the supply of weapons should not affect its relations with Russia. This opinion was expressed by the professor of the Turkish University Maltepe Hasan Unal.