Here are some excerpt from Russian President Vladimir Putin on Turkey’s downing of an Su-24 attack aircraft earlier today. To quote the great Fred Thompson, “This business will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.”
Downing of #Russia jet by #Turkey a 'stab in the back': #Putinhttps://t.co/n7Spkmx2NT pic.twitter.com/KXryojKxlJ
— ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) November 24, 2015
#Breaking #Putin: "Today's tragic event will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations."#Su24 #Turkey #Syria
— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) November 24, 2015
If I understand it right, #Putin called #Turkey (and #NATO) the "helpers helpers/accomplice of terrorists" …
— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) November 24, 2015
Putin: today’s loss was caused by a stab, a stab in our back by the ally of the terrorists#Syria #Turkey #Russia
— Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) November 24, 2015
#Breaking #Putin: "Today's tragic event will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations."#Su24 #Turkey #Syria
— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) November 24, 2015
Putin: "Turkey immediately turned to NATO allies,as if we downed their plane,and not vice versa.Do they want to put NATO in ISIS's service?"
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) November 24, 2015
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