Russia has already banned some Turkish food imports in retaliation as part of a sanctions package, and has accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his family of benefiting from the smuggling of oil from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) controlled territory in Syria and Iraq, allegations Turkey denies.
But on Thursday, without specifying how, Putin made clear Moscow planned to go much further, using strong rhetoric which underscored the continued depth of his anger towards Ankara over the Nov.24 incident.
"We are not planning to engage in military sabre-rattling," Putin told an audience in the Kremlin.
"But if anyone thinks that having committed this awful war crime, the murder of our people, that they are going to get away with some measures concerning their tomatoes or some limits on construction and other sectors, they are sorely mistaken."
todayszaman.com by Reuters
3/12/15
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Putin says Russia 'will not forget' Turkish downing of warplane ...
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"We will not forget this complicity with terrorists. We always considered and will always consider treachery to be the ultimate and lowest act. Let those in Turkey who shot our pilots in the back know this," Putin told lawmakers in his annual state of the nation address.
AFP