Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that “Turkey’s reactions to the incident… reminds of the Theatre of the Absurd”.
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Russian Federation said the downing of the aircraft was “an act of aggression” that warrants retaliatory economic sanctions that include restricting tourist travel, suspending military communications and scrutinizing food imports.
The downing of the jet “clearly showed that air operations in same airspace by two separate coalitions of countries can always lead to similar incidents”, he said.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday said it is preparing travel alert for citizens willing to go to Russian Federation.
On Tuesday, Turkish F-16 jets shot down a Russian warplane after Turkey claimed the warplane had crossed the Syrian border and violated Turkish airspace, despite sending multiple warnings.
The decree was published on the Kremlin’s website, hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced regret over the incident, saying his country was “truly saddened” by the event. Turkey’s president responded by saying IS are selling oil to Syria’s President al-Assad, accusing Russian Federation of supporting the terrorist group by keeping Assad in power.
Putin made the remarks after meeting with French President François Hollande and said Russian Federation will work with France and the USA in the fight against ISIS, which claimed responsibility for the November 13 Paris terror attacks.
Russian Federation reacted furiously after Erdoğan refused to apologise to Russian Federation for the downing of the warplane and and said his jets would act in a same manner in a similar situation.
“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 Lavrov said that Russian Federation was cancelling its visa-free travel regime with Turkey, starting from 1 January.
Erdogan on Friday said he wanted to meet with Putin on the margins of the upcoming climate summit in Paris.
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“The focus should be to tackle, head-on, the global threat that Daesh (IS) poses, securing the future of Syria and seeking a solution to the current refugee crisis”, he wrote.
