Russia and Turkey have signed an agreement to supply Ankara with a second batch of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, the Russian news agency TASS reports.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that during the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “an important element was discussed” and “gas supplies to Turkey are carried out in fairly large volumes, 26 billion cubic meters. m per year. During the talks, Putin and Erdogan agreed to start paying for part of the partial gas supplies in rubles.” He noted that “Russia and Turkey are talking about the gradual transition of settlements to national currencies. He stressed that “at the first stage, part of the supplies will be paid in Russian rubles, and this is a new stage, new opportunities, including for the development of our monetary and financial relations.”

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the end of the talks between Putin and Erdogan in Sochi after they lasted 4 hours.