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Russia's state news agency TASS on Wednesday reported about the change at the top of the Serbian state, focusing on the new president's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted restrictions on operations of Turkish companies in Russia and the ban on the employment of Turkish nationals in the Russian Federation, the TASS news agency has reported. 

Russia is in contact with Turkey after Ankara imposed restrictions on Russian wheat supplies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on May 24, Reuters has reported. 

Peskov said Turkey's move may have been prompted by remaining limits maintained by Moscow on exports of some vegetables from Turkey to Russia.

Russia is in talks with European countries to determine the entry point of the second line of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline flow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said, TASS news agency has reported. 

He recalled that the planned second line of the Turkish Stream is intended for the supply of gas to European states.

Russia will not lift restrictions on certain products as long as Turkish duties on Russian grain remain in effect, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on the sidelines of the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum on April 21, as reported by TASS. 

MOSCOW - Military and technical cooperation is among the key issues discussed at the top level as part of Russian-Serbian contacts, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Monday.

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Russia has reportedly sent a missile-armed frigate to its naval base in Syria's Mediterranean coastal city of Tartus following a recent US missile strike against an airbase in the Arab country, Al-Alam reports.

Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor does not plan to lift phytosanitary restrictions on agricultural products from Turkey in the near future, state news agency TASS reported on March 10. 

Implementation of Turkish Stream project will it make possible to boost gas deliveries to Turkey and increase the country's transit potential, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 10 during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Moscow visit.

Russia does not think the Astana talks on Syria may substitute for the Geneva process, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told Russian agency TASS.

"It is an integral process," Peskov stated when asked if the format of the Astana negotiations might substitute for the Geneva talks.