At one time, the relations between Russia and Turkey were much more critical than the Armenian-Turkish relations. Nevertheless, there are still relations with Turkey. Russian State Duma MP Oleg Nilov told this to a press conference in Yerevan Thursday—and commenting on the current process of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.

The Russian lawmaker, however, did not voice the Kremlin’s unequivocal position and policy on this matter.

"Moscow is a difficult thing. It is quite difficult to take responsibility for Moscow's position on any issue. Nevertheless, there are relations with Turkey, they are developing economically, and Moscow, of course, is in favor of Yerevan normalizing relations with Ankara and its neighbors—moreover, both with Russia and separately. My personal position is that Russia should be interested in that," Nilov said.

According to the Russian MP, the existence of conflict situations and regions around Russia and its allies will not lead to anything good. That is why, as per Oleg Nilov, Moscow is in favor of resolving the existing disagreements solely at the negotiating table.