Marc Champion, Columnist

Putin Has Misjudged Turkey's Erdogan

Turkey's decision to shoot down a Russian warplane sends a message.

November 24, 2015 at 1:09 PM UTC

Marc Champion is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.

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The details of how and why a Russian jet was shot down near the Turkish-Syrian border remain unclear, but one thing can already be said: Russian President Vladimir Putin has misjudged his Turkish counterpart and former friend, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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