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Russian President Vladimir Putin was left waiting and fidgeting for 50 seconds by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran today, prompting media to draw parallels with Putin making him and other leaders stand by in the past.A video released by the Turkish presidency showed Putin standing in front of his chair and the nations' two flags, his hands clasped, mouth twitching and his stance shifting before Erdogan appears. Dr. Eytan Hai Cohen Yanarocak, an expert on Turkey from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, said it appears Erdogan was acting in a vindictive move of revenge. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that Turkey was meeting with Russia and Iran to head off confrontation and was not part of any axis of evil. (photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.