Russian Gov't to Propose Retaliatory Measures Against Turkey on Saturday

The Russian government will present a report on Saturday to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev containing response measures against Turkey after its fighter shot down a Russian jet, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Friday.

CHEREPOVETS (Sputnik) – On Thursday, Medvedev ordered the government to work out a series of economic and humanitarian response measures against Turkey’s "act of aggression" within two days.

"The report’s date, as the prime minister said at a government meeting yesterday, is two days, or Saturday… The report to the prime minister will be tomorrow," Dvorkovich told reporters.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Friday the suspension of a visa-free regime with Turkey effective January 1, 2016.

On Tuesday, a Russian Su-24 Fencer crashed in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the plane was downed by an air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish F-16 jet over Syrian territory, falling 2.5 miles from the Turkish border.

Putin described the Turkish attack as a "stab in the back" carried out by "accomplices of terrorists."