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Radio 4,09 Aug 2016,45 mins

Russia and Turkey 'normalise relations'

The World Tonight

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As Presidents Erdogan and Putin meet in Russia the former Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells us the meeting is a "calculated slight to the West" and Putin is trying to drive a wedge between Turkey and its Nato allies. Also on the programme: who's peddling conspiracy theories in the Labour party's internal feud? And former GB Olympic medalist Sharron Davies on the athletes criticising Russian peers in Rio. (photo: Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin meet in Strelna, outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Credit: EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV).

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