Russia Retaliates for Jet Downing as Erdogan Calls for Calm
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Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, on December 1, 2014 in Ankara during his official one-day visit to Turkey. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
Photograph by AFP/Getty ImagesRussia began retaliating for the downing of one of its warplanes by Turkey, whose president made conciliatory gestures while reiterating that his military would do the same again if its airspace was violated.
Turkey hasn’t apologized for its “treacherous stab in the back” or offered compensation after shooting down the jet, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in Moscow at a meeting with new ambassadors to Russia. “It seems that the Turkish government is deliberately pushing Russian-Turkish relations into deadlock. We regret that.”