In any good chess match, a skilled player always moves against the weaker aggressively in order to provoke a chaotic series of counter-moves that will result in the weaker player’s collapse.
Reagan did it in the 80s. Putin is doing it now.
Haven’t seen this very recent news posted on FR yet.
Another counter move on the chessboard.
NY Times:
Warming Relations in Person, Putin and Erdogan Revive Pipeline Deal
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/world/europe/turkey-russia-vladimir-putin-recep-tayyip-erdogan.html?_r=0
RT News:
https://www.rt.com/news/362196-russia-turkey-talks-putin-istanbul/
Turkish Stream gas pipeline: Moscow & Ankara sign agreement in Istanbul
https://www.rt.com/business/362279-gazprom-turkish-stream-pipeline/