Turkey to hand over body of Su-24 pilot to Russian Federation

“Those claims of Turkey are all excuses, saying they did not know the Su-24 belonged to Russia”, Putin said, noting that the warplane had necessary visual military markings on it. In addition, Russia’s state-run consumer protection body said it had concerns about the quality and safety of children’s clothing, furniture and cleaning products originating from Turkey.

Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday Moscow would not boycott global sporting events held in Turkey, but would require maximum security and would limit training trips by Russian athletes there, RIA reported. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said it issued the travel warning because of unspecified “difficulties” faced by Turkish visitors and residents in Russian Federation.

But the tension between Turkey – part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alliance – and Russian Federation, which has been conducting its own campaign of strikes against rebel groups in Syria, would appear to complicate those efforts.

Turkey has said it was defending its national airspace, while the Russian government denies its plane entered Turkey.

Davutoglu added that “we hope Russian Federation will reconsider these measures in both our interests”, referring to the sanctions that Moscow imposed after the shooting down of the jet last week.

On Saturday, Putin signed a decree imposing a raft of punitive economic sanctions against Turkey, underlining the depth of the Kremlin’s anger towards Ankara four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.

Putin did meet US President Barack Obama, who “expressed his regret” over the loss of life in the plane downing and called for a “de-escalation between Russian Federation and Turkey”, a White House official said. One of the Russian pilots was killed, while a second was rescued.

“Let’s remain patient and let’s not act emotionally”, said Erdogan. The businessman generously offered his Wednesday profits from all of his locations to the family of the Russian pilot, Oleg Peshkov. It has been warned repeatedly and this is not the first incursion of Russian aircraft into Turkish airspace.

“No Turkish prime minister or president will apologize… because of doing our duty”, Davutoglu told reporters after meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels.

The authorities however stopped short of targeting Russia’s major joint energy projects with Turkey.