Medvedev called the actions of the Turkish authorities stupid

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called the acts of the authorities of Turkey are stupid and criminal. The attack on the su-24 bomber has led to a dangerous exacerbation of relations between Moscow and NATO, he said.

Russian front-line bomber su-24 crashed on the terrain of Syria, after it was attacked by Turkish fighter F-16. According to unconfirmed information, 1 of the pilots died in consequence of an attack from the air, the 2nd moved to the domestic airbase of the Syrian soldiers.

What PE would entail severe political results, does not cause any hesitation. "Reckless criminal actions of the Turkish authorities, brought down Russian aircraft, led to 3 results", - TASS quoted Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

"In 1-x, dangerous aggravation of relations between Russia and NATO, which cannot be justified practically any interests, including the protection of the state border", - he declared. The magnitude of this problem only to be assessed - now it depends entirely on the diplomatic skills of the parties, and the arguments that they put up in support of their own positions.

"Also, Turkey has demonstrated actions, in fact, the protection of militants of the "Islamic state" (the organization's activities on the terrain of the Russian Federation is prohibited by the decision of the Supreme court. - Approx. ed.)", - said Medvedev. A similar conclusion can be a severe blow to the positions of Ankara as a member of the anti-terrorist coalition.

"In addition, undermined by a long period of good relations between Russia and Turkey, even in economy and the humanitarian sphere", - concluded the Prime Minister. The scale of the financial impact from the sudden cooling in relations between Moscow and Turkey is yet to be assessed.

Remember, the su-24 was shot down by Turkish F-16 aircraft. The bomber was located at a height of 6 thousand meters in one kilometer from the border with Turkey. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin declared that it was an accident would have severe results for the relationship 2-States. The leader of the country called the incident a blow to the back.

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