On Friday August 5, the Russian and Turkish presidents met in Sochi. A day after the meeting, President Erdogan said Turkey will switch part of its payment for Russian gas to rubles. Turkey is a NATO member state, but the country is heavily dependent on Russia for energy. In 2021, roughly a quarter of imported oil and almost half of imported natural gas came from Russia. Russia is also building the country's first nuclear power plant as part of a joint venture with Ankara.
