Turkey has overtaken Ukraine, the U.S. and even extremist group the Islamic State (ISIS) as Russian news media’s enemy No. 1, according to research done for independent Russian news channel RBC.
Turkey downed a Russian Su-24 jet near the Syrian border at the end of November after accusing it of violating airspace and refusing to leave. In response, Russia imposed trade sanctions on Turkey on December 1, limiting some trade but not affecting bigger Turkish exports such as textiles, lemons or nuts, and without impacting energy deals.
Relations between the two countries have been deteriorating ever since. In early …read more
Source: Newsweek
