Nine months after a Russian military jet was downed by Turkey and the damaging of relations between the countries began, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan flew to Moscow for talks with Russia President Vladimir Putin to begin the process of détente, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. Erdogan reported the two nations will rebuild their damaged ties and will be even closer, while promising to back major energy projects with Russia. Repeatedly calling Putin his "dear friend," Erdogan said Turkey is ready to implement a natural gas pipeline project proposed by Moscow and a deal for Russia to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. For his part, Putin said the flow of Russian tourists...
