Russian President Vladimir Putin is still planning to visit Turkey in February, the first time he has entered a NATO member state since launching his war on Ukraine in February 2022. <\/p>\n
\"Yes a visit is being organized,\" Putin's foreign affairs adviser in the Kremlin Yuri Ushakov told the news agency Interfax on Monday. <\/p>\n
A date has not yet been announced. <\/p>\n
The war in Ukraine will be a major topic of the talks, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan is likely to take part in. <\/p>\n
Putin has been named a war crimes suspect by the International Criminal Court in The Hague and has largely avoided travelling abroad since the start of the war. <\/p>\n
The 71-year-old faces a presidential election in March which he is almost certain of winning, but political commentators say he wants to show he can still be a statesman on the world stage. <\/p>\n
Although there is an international arrest warrant out for him, there is no indication Turkey would arrest him. <\/p>\n
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