The degree, which came into force immediately, was entitled “On measures to ensure Russia’s national security and protect Russian citizens from criminal and other illegal activities, and the application of special economic measures against Turkey”.
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If Turkey and Russian Federation are at odds, the essay said, the victor will be the terrorist group ISIS, also known as Daesh. The almost five-year-old Syrian civil war has been complicated by Russian air strikes in defense of President Bashar al-Assad.
Angry… Turkish protesters shout anti-Russia slogans as they hold a poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin that reads in Turkish and Russian ” Assassin Putin!”
Many Russians critical of the Kremlin have reacted by saying that Moscow is partially to blame for the death of two officers – the jet’s pilot and a soldier participating in the rescue mission – because of its refusal to meet Ankara’s concerns over repeated airspace violations and its bombing of ethnic Turkmen in northern Syria.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane over Egypt, as well as the November 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.
“We have no doubt whatsoever that this oil goes to Turkey, we are seeing it from the air”, Putin said. Cumhuriyet said the images were proof that Turkey was smuggling arms to rebels in Syria. “We hope that the issue between us and Russian Federation does not escalate any further, become corrosive and have dire consequences in the future”, Erdogan told supporters in western Balikesir province.
Mr Putin has also firmly rejected any suggestion Turkey did not recognise the plane as Russian.
He added that Russian planes were easily identifiable and Turkey was making excuses for its actions.
He says a meeting in Paris would be an opportunity to overcome tensions, and he renewed a call for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in the sidelines of a Climate conference in Paris next week.
It doesn’t specify what goods are to be banned or give other details.
Asked why Putin hasn’t picked up the phone to respond to Erdogan’s two phone calls, he said that “we have seen that the Turkish side hasn’t been ready to offer an elementary apology over the plane incident”.
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“What’s important is that everyone who is able to use their influence to guarantee at least some predictability in the pattern of Turkey’s behavior”, Peskov said.
