Paris – Putin Says Turkey Shot Down Russian Plane To Defend IS Oil Supplies

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech as he attends Heads of States' Statements ceremony of the COP21 World Climate Change Conference 2015 in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, 30 November 2015.EPAParis – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the reason Turkey downed a Russian warplane last week was that it wanted to protect supplies of oil from Islamic State.

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    Putin, speaking at the global climate conference in Paris, added that the decision to shoot down the plane was a “huge mistake” and that he had not met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, despite them both being in Paris.

    “We have received additional data which confirm that Islamic State oil … enters the territory of Turkey,” Putin said. “The decision to shoot down the plane was dictated specifically by a desire to defend supplies.”

    Erdogan has called claims that Turkey buys oil from Islamic State “slander”.

    Relations between Russia and Turkey have nosedived since Turkey shot down the Russian bomber near the Syrian-Turkish border on Nov. 24.

    Turkish officials have said the plane violated Turkish airspace and had been warned repeatedly. Moscow says the aircraft was over Syria, where Russia is carrying out an air campaign to support the forces of President Bashar al-Assad in a four-year-old civil war.

    Putin on Saturday signed a decree imposing economic sanctions on Turkey, while Erdogan has said Turkey will not apologize over the incident.

    On Monday Russia said the ban would be mainly of agricultural products and it might expand the sanctions if needed.


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    CountryYossi
    CountryYossi
    8 years ago

    remember when Turkey insisted an apology from Israel for shooting terrorists on ship. Now Chtzpah Turkey will NOT apologize to Putin….
    the world is round and the Raydel dryd zich..

    Isaac1
    Isaac1
    8 years ago

    American liberals have a difficult choice. Who to champion: the communist or the islamo-nazi? Hmmm… So many heroes, so few choices…

    Toychen
    Toychen
    8 years ago

    You are right Yossi !