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We’ll make Turkey regret, vows Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed Turkey\'s leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Russia\'s warplanes as Moscow announced a halt to talks on a major gas pipeline project.
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Moscow (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed Turkey's leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Russia's warplanes as Moscow announced a halt to talks on a major gas pipeline project.
As Putin fired another salvo in his mounting war of words with NATO member Turkey his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared he had "proof" that Russia was involved in illegal oil trading with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. Erdogan's allegations of Russian complicity with IS echo allegations made by Putin against Turkey and its leader in recent days. "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 speech, which also focused on Russia's airstrikes in Syria.
Russia has accused Erdogan and his family of personally profiting from the oil trade with Islamic State, which controls a large chunk of Syrian territory, including a number of oil fields. "We know for example who in Turkey fills their pockets and allows terrorists to make money from the stolen oil in Syria," Putin said.
Erdogan has furiously denied the allegations against him and his family and said Turkey had proof that Russia was, in fact, involved in trading oil with IS. "We have the proof in our hands. We will reveal it to the world," the Turkish leader said in a televised speech in Ankara.
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