“Russian regions can never be and will not be the subject of any transactions.
This is out of the question, ”a Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
He also noted that this proposal can hardly embody the official point of view of the Turkish authorities.
Earlier, a professor at the Turkish University Maltepe Hasan Unal expressed the opinion that Russia and Turkey could agree on the Crimean issue if Moscow recognized the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as an independent state.
In addition, he said that negotiations with Ukraine on the supply of weapons should not affect Russian-Turkish relations.
Crimea became part of Russia as a result of a referendum held in March 2014 - most of the inhabitants of the peninsula spoke in favor of reunification with Russia.