“Nobody has the right to traitorously shoot down a Russian plane from behind”, Peskov told Russia’s “News on Saturday” TV program, calling Turkish evidence purporting to show the Russian SU-24 jet had violated Turkish air space “cartoons”.
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The Kremlin’s press service said Putin had also instructed the government to “define a list of goods and services to which the economic measures against (Ankara) do not apply”. It was the first time in half a century that a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member shot down a Russian plane.
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree outlining the curbs and the details were posted on the Kremlin’s website.
It added that alongside “measures banning charter traffic between Russia and Turkey” Putin urged Russian tour operators to “refrain from proposing products to Russian citizens involving a visit to Turkish territory”.
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had expressed “sadness” over an incident which has severely strained relations, saying that “we wish it had never happened”.
Putin had warned that Turkey’s downing of the Russian fighter jet would have serious consequences for bilateral ties.
Davutoglu said that with different coalitions operating in Syria with differing objectives, similar incidents to that of the downing of the Russian jet could happen unless there was information sharing and coordination.
Mr Putin has denounced the Turkish action as a “treacherous stab in the back”, and he insisted the plane was downed over Syrian territory in violation of worldwide law.
He did not say how the body was delivered to Hatay in southern Turkey but said Russia’s military attache was going there on Sunday as part of procedures to recover the remains.
He has refused to take calls from Mr. Erdogan. “In such situations it is important to keep the channels of communication open”, he said.
The Foreign Ministry in Ankara said it was issuing the warning as Turkish travelers were facing “problems” in Russian Federation.
Russian Federation maintains that the aircraft stayed exclusively within Syrian airspace and no warnings were issued by Turkey. Russian Federation threatened economic sanctinos and said it has made a decision to terminate a visa-free travel arrangement for Turks visiting Russian Federation.
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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”.
