Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Putin rages as Turkey shoots down Russian plane

Putin branded the shooting down of the aircraft a "stab in the back committed by accomplices of terrorists".

He said oil from jihadist-controlled territory was exported through Turkey while funding was sent the other way, and warned: "The tragic event will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations."

Putin said the plane fell in Syrian territory four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the border and "did not in any way threaten Turkey" .... http://news.yahoo.com