Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed never to forget Turkey's downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes, as he lashed out once again at the leadership in Ankara.
“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.
Moscow and Ankara have been locked in a furious war of words over Turkey’s downing of a Russian plane along its border with Syria on November 24. “We know who in Turkey fills pockets, allows terrorists to make money from Syria’s stolen oil,” Putin said.
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