It is an unnatural relationship but one which has so far overcome all its geopolitical contradictions.
Will the awakening of the frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh be the graveyard of the alliance between Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey and Vladimir Putin's Russia?
Throughout history, the Ottoman and Russian empires have fought many wars for the domination of the Middle East, access to warm seas, control of the Balkans or the Caucasus.
In 2015, Moscow and Ankara came close to war again when a Russian bomber was shot down by Turkish air force in Syrian airspace.
Since then, the two powers have found themselves at odds in several theaters of operations.
In Syria, where Vladimir Putin supports Bashar al-Assad while Recep Tayyip Erdogan helps Islamist rebel groups.
In Libya, where Moscow has lined up behind General Haftar, the strongman of the East and the South, while Ankara supports Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the Government of National Unity based
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