Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, center, and army commanders attend an annual meeting of High Military Council in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday. (AP/Prime Minister’s Press Service)Russia plans to retaliate against Turkey for the downing of a warplane by imposing sanctions, cutting economic ties and scrapping major investment projects.Since the plane was shot down Tuesday on the Syria-Turkey border, Russia has already restricted tourism, left Turkish trucks stranded at the border and confiscated large quantities of Turkish food imports.On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered his government to also draft sanctions against Turkey within two days in response to what he …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
