Professor Vitaly Naumkin, director of the Russian Center for Strategic Research and International Studies in Moscow commented on her presentation. Following is a rapporteur's summary of their remarks. Duygu Sezer Post-Cold War atmosphere. Russia and Turkey are partners as well as rivals.
Turkey purchases major quantities of natural gas from Russia.
There is also considerable tourism in both directions. Although no longer sharing a border, Turkey and Russia remain neighbors, and their interdependence is assured by common, sometimes clashing, geopolitical interests, which is the source of their rivalry. These interests are political and economic relations with the NIS and free access to the Black Sea. The NIS and Russian-Turkish Relations. Turkey's main goal with the NIS is normal economic relations.