The fact remains that Russian President Vladimir Putin postponed his visit to Turkey, Director of RA NAS Institute of Oriental Studies said.

“Turkey has admitted that it was wrong to have grounded the Moscow-Damascus plane,” Ruben Safrastyan said, commenting on the phone conversation between Putin and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan.

According to Turkish and Arabic media outlets, Putin threatened Erdoğan, saying that even if a single soldier enters Syria, it would mean he enters Moscow.