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Russia and Turkey differ over version of the jet downing

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The incident is likely to have a very negative impact on relations between Russia and Turkey.

Outside the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, Russians have been reacting to the downing of the SU-24 jet.

"This is the embassy of murderers, in my opinion, of the people who instead of being honest and trusted partners, showed their beastly grin," said a man.

And these people are not alone in their anger. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has already called Turkey's action a "stab in the back."

On Wednesday, he had more to add.

"We observe - and not only us, I assure you - the whole world is seeing that the current Turkish leadership over a significant number of years has been pursuing a deliberate domestic policy of supporting the Islamisation of their country," Putin said.

The recent events are now creating rocky relations between the two countries, which have close ties in tourism, trade and intelligence sharing on terrorism. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has now warned that important joint projects between the two countries could be halted. And The Russian Defense ministry has suspended military cooperation with Turkey, and tourists are being advised to refrain from traveling there.

However, military analyst Vasily Kashin believes this latest incident will not impact what are already difficult dealings involving Syria.

"Well we don't have much cooperation in Syria. In Syria our positions are close to being opposite. There is however a kind of dialogue which involves both Turkey and Russia on Syrian issues. Probably it will become more complicated but I don't think it will be the end of it because there is just no other option but to seek some sort of political solution for this situation," Kashin said.

It's a cool patch for Russia's relations with Turkey, but there remains a possibility the two countries' foreign ministries may meet soon, and a diplomatic solution can be reached.

 

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