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This paper highlights the complex nature of Russia-Turkey cooperative and competitive relation with the special focus on the wider Black Sea region since the 1990s. It argues that while the general features of cooperation between Ankara and Moscow in the mentioned above areas are well known, the competition is equally strong. Given the fragile nature of Russia-Turkey strategic partnership this cooperation-competition nexus demands a more comprehensive and multi-level approach to the ways how the competitive interests of Russia and Turkey in the wider Middle East and Black Sea region might be turned into a well-grounded cooperation.