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Turkey Shot Down Russian Plane For ISIS Black Market Oil - Putin by ALISMILE(m): 10:18pm On Nov 30, 2015 |
Russia has accused Turkey of shooting down
its warplane near the border with Syria in
order to protect its oil trade with the Islamic
State (IS) group.
Speaking at international talks on climate
change in Paris, Russian President Vladimir Putin
called the downing of the plane a "huge
mistake".
Turkey has denied any ties to IS and is part of a
US-led coalition carrying out air strikes against
the militant group.
The Turkish government has refused to
apologise for the incident.
One Russian pilot was killed and the other
rescued following the crash on 24 November.
Turkey says the jet entered its air space - an
accusation Russia denies.
On Monday the US state department said
evidence from Turkish and US sources indicated
the aircraft did violate Turkish airspace.
Spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said the US
wanted to "encourage dialogue now... we need
to de-escalate the situation".
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Russia has been carrying out air strikes in Syria,
targeting rebels against Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad, including IS.
Turkey is a vehement opponent of Mr Assad and
has been accused of turning a blind eye to
jihadist fighters crossing from its territory into
Syria.
Until a few months ago, Turkey was reluctant to
play an active role in the coalition against IS.
However, in August it allowed the US-led
coalition to begin using its airbase at Incirlik.
Russia has imposed sanctions on Turkey over
the downing of the plane, including restrictions
on imports of Turkish food and an end to visa-
free travel.
IS earns much of its money from illegal sales of
oil - however, Turkey has staunchly denied that it
is involved in the trade.
"We have every reason to think that the decision
to shoot down our plane was dictated by the
desire to protect the oil supply lines to Turkish
territory," Mr Putin said at a news conference in
Paris on Monday.
He said Russia had received more information to
show that IS oil was passing through Turkish
territory.
Earlier Turkish Prime Minster Ahmet Davutoglu
said the incident was unfortunate but that
Turkey had a right and duty to protect its
airspace and would not apologise.
Russia said on Monday it would ban mainly
imports of agricultural products, vegetables and
fruits from Turkey, although it may delay the
restrictions for several weeks to "ease
inflationary pressure".
Turkish industrial goods would not be banned
for now but future expansion of the sanctions
was not ruled out, officials said.
Turkey and Russia have important economic
links. Russia is Turkey's second-largest trading
partner, while more than three million Russian
tourists visited Turkey last year.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his
country will act "patiently, not emotionally"
before deciding its response to the economic
sanctions. www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34970121 1 Like |
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