Russia inreases its troops level in Armenia to 'divisional strenght', in a clear message to Erdogan!

'b' at MoonOfAlabama flagged this, as Erdogan heads to Moscow;

"... Turkey depends on natural gas imports from Russia and Iran and a reminder on that may be a way to move Erdogan away from supporting the insurgents. Russia also has troops in Armenia, another neighbor to which Turkey is rather hostile, and is said to increase its troop size there to divisional strength. (The Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict is heating up and, with western support for Azerbaijan, may become one of the hot spots if the conflict over Syria or Iran escalates.)
The Russian troop increase and the next two items seem intended to keep keep any western power away from stupid ideas...."