The Turkish boat had refused to establish radio contact with the Russian ship despite several attempts and even ignored the visual signals sent by Russian sailors, the press service said.
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Of course, this news comes during a time when relations between the two country are strained over Turkey’s downing of a Russian war plane.
So when the Koroglu Balikcilik was 600 metres away, warning shots were fired from the destroyer and the Turkish vessel quickly changed course, passing within 540 metres.
The defence ministry did not immediately provide a comment.
While Russia has imposed modest economic sanctions on Turkey and called for an apology for the shootdown of its bomber, Turkey defended the military strike and said it repeatedly warned Moscow about its air operations in Syria.
Deputy defence minister Anatoly Antonov summoned a Turkish military attache, it added.
Russian Federation has also condemned the recent deployment of Turkish forces to northern Iraq as an incursion.
“We don’t want tensions”.
In an address to the nation Sunday, Russian President Putin issued thinly veiled condemnations of the Turkish and USA governments for their support of hardline Islamist militias as part of their efforts to overthrow the Syrian government.
The General Staff has prohibited Turkish military personnel from going to Russian Federation on vacation as a precautionary measure, given the diplomatic crisis between the countries, Turkish media reports said on Sunday.
The incident occured on November 24 when Turkey said the Russian jet had violated its airspace – one pilot was killed, one other survived.
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Russia’s diesel-electric submarine Rostov-on-Don is escorted by a Turkish Navy Coast Guard boat as it sets sail in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, December 13, 2015.
