"According to Putin, Russia has always treated Turkey not simply as a close neighbour, but as a friendly state." I guess that position is now officially off the table. May be not the smartest move by Turkey? I'm not getting the feeling that shooting down a Russian jet in Syria was a good idea (even if it had been in Turkish airspace minutes prior). I hope this does not escalate. --- http://tass.ru/en/politics/838825 " Putin: Russia will not tolerate such crimes as attack against its Sukhoi-24 plane November 24, 15:53 UTC+3 According to the president, the attack against Su-24 plane in Syria goes beyond normal struggle against terrorism, and it is "a stab in Russia’s back" delivered by "terrorism accomplices" SOCHI, November 24. /TASS/. Russia will not tolerate crimes like the attack on the Russian Su-24 fighter jet shot down by the Turkish Air Force in Syrian skies, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at a meeting with King of Jordan Abdullah II. "I understand each country has its own regional interests, and we have always respected that. But we shall never tolerate crimes like today's one," the president said. The Russian leader stressed that the downed fighter-bomber was posing no threat to Turkey. "Our pilots and jet posed no threat to the Turkish Republic. This is obvious. They were conducting an operation against ISIL," Putin said. He stressed the plane was flying above northern Lattakia where militants coming from Russia are concentrated. "The Russian bomber was shot down over Syria by an air-to-air surface fired from a Turkish F-16 plane when the bomber was at an altitude of 6,000 meters at a distance of 1 km from the Turkish bomber." Putin said. "They [the pilots] were fulfilling their task," the president stressed adding that they were delivering preventive air strikes on terrorists who can come back to Russia at any moment. Putin called the attack a crime and stressed that Russia would not tolerate it. According to the president, the Su-24 plane crash in Syria goes beyond normal struggle against terrorism, and it is "a stab in Russia’s back delivered by terrorist accomplices." "Today’s loss is linked with a stab in our back delivered by terrorism accomplices. I can’t characterize otherwise what has happened today," the Russian leader said. According to the president, Russia has long been aware of oil supplies to Turkey from Syria’s territories seized by terrorists, which provided tangible financial support for the extremists. "We’ve long exposed heavy trafficking of oil and petroleum products from Islamic State-seized territories," Putin said, adding that monetary support for the militant groups was large, indeed. Read also Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman Czech president denounces Turkey’s actions over Russian bomber crash "Now we’ve suffered stabs in the back: attacks against our planes that fight with terrorism," Putin said. He pointed out that Turkey attacked Russia’s Sukhoi-24 although "we have signed agreements with the American partners on the prevention of incidents in the air, and Turkey, as is known, is among the countries that have declared they are ostensibly fighting against terrorism within the US-led coalition.". Putin noted that Turkey’s contacts with NATO member states after the attack against the Russian aircraft look like an attempt to make the alliance serve terrorists. The Russian leader said that instead of immediately establishing contacts with Russia after the bomber incident, "the Turkish side applied to its NATO partners to discuss this issue, as far as we know." "It seems as if we have shot down a Turkish plane and not vice versa," the Russian president said. "So, does this mean that they want NATO to serve the Islamic State?" Putin noted. The president said the attack on the Russian jet will have tragic consequences to Russia-Turkey ties. "We will certainly carefully analyse what has happened and today’s tragic event will have serious consequences to Russian-Turkish relations," he said. According to Putin, Russia has always treated Turkey not simply as a close neighbour, but as a friendly state. "I have no idea who needed what has happened today, but in any case it’s not us," the Russian president said. He expressed hope "the international community will find the forces to unite in the face of this common evil (terrorism)." Turkey's military attache in Russia has been summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry. " --- http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/act-war-turkey-shoots-down-russian-mil... "ACT OF WAR: Turkey Shoots Down Russian Military Jet Turkey claims the Su-24 violated Turkish airspace, but the Russian government says it has proof that the plane was flying over Syria A NATO member just shot down a Russian military jet... Absolutely unreal news coming from Syria: Turkish F-16 fighters have shot down a Russian Su-24 tactical bomber. The details: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/turkey-shoots-down-russi... Turkey has shot down a Russian military jet which it says violated its airspace near the Syrian border. The Russian Defence Ministry and Turkish Presidency, quoted in Russian and Turkish media reports, have both described the plane as Russian, and video posted by the Haberturk TV station appeared to show the jet coming down in flames. A military official, quoted by Turkey's Dogan news agency, said the plane was shot down by Turkish F16s, and that the pilot was given prior warning. Various reports described the plane as coming down in hostile Syrian territory, and the fate of the two pilots on board was unknown. Initial reports claim that the pilots successfully ejected and are safe. But the story is developing. The Russian Ministry of Defense says that it has proof that the plane was flying in Syrian, not Turkish, airspace at the time of the attack. We cannot emphasize enough how jaw-droppingly dumb Turkey is: A NATO member just shot down a Russian military jet. UPDATE: A video has surfaced claiming to show the body of one of the pilots. The fate of the second pilot is still unknown. " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydw14n8OYdI --- http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/graphic-video-moderate-rebels-display-... " Graphic Video: Terrorists Display Body of Russian Pilot Shot Down by Turkey A video has surfaced that allegedly shows “moderate rebels” celebrating over the body of a Russian pilot whose plane was shot down earlier today by Turkey An act of war. Plain and simple. In a disturbing development, it appears that at least one of the two Russian pilots who were shot down over Syria by Turkey earlier today is dead. The below video allegedly shows the west's favorite “moderate rebels” celebrating over the dead body of one of the pilots, who apparently was able to eject from the plane but did not survive. Is NATO really going to defend this barbarity? Unfortunately the answer could be “yes”. " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aryCZEKIlgs --- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-plane-shot-down-live-... http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/turkey-shoots-warplane-syria-border-15... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/world/europe/turkey-syria-russia-military-... http://tass.ru/en/politics/838765