`Tensions are high between Ankara and Moscow,` suggests the article, `and not just over Syria. In recent months, Russia has warmed up to Azerbaijan, Turkey`s traditional ally in the Caucasus. Rumours are swirling that Baku and Moscow are collaborating on a way to shake up the status quo in the long-frozen conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. Ankara has been Baku`s military guarantor should the conflict resume, but now Moscow is trying to position itself to be the sole outside power guaranteeing security on the ground. In addition, energy negotiations between Russia and Turkey for the TurkStream project have stalled, mainly because the two sides cannot agree on the mechanisms and timing of discounts for natural gas. Putin could connect Syria with either of these issues when negotiating with Erdogan.`
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