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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday backed a recommendation from the foreign ministry for Russians not to visit Turkey after the downing of a Russian fighter jet by Ankara.
“After such tragic events like the destruction of our plane and the death of our pilot, this is a necessary measure,” Putin said in televised comments.
Earlier, the Russian president said Turkey’s political leaders had been encouraging the Islamisation of Turkish society, something he said was a problem, Russian agencies quoted him as saying.
Speaking a day after Turkey shot down one of Moscow’s jets, Putin said: “The problem is not the tragedy we witnessed yesterday,” the TASS news agency quoted him as saying.
“The problem is much deeper. We observe … that the current Turkish leadership over a significant number of years has been pursuing a deliberate policy of supporting the Islamisation of their country.”
Putin also said that an S-300 air defence system would be sent to Russia’s air base in Syria, Interfax and other agencies reported.
Meawhile, Ukraine has banned all Russian airlines from transiting its airspace, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Wednesday.
According to Yatsenyuk: “Ukrainian government made a decision to impose a ban on all transit flights by all the Russian airlines through the airspace of Ukraine”.
The cold war brewing between Turkey and Russia may be a signal to an imminent end of NATO forces, a coalition which Turkey and Russian are members.
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