According to the diplomat, Turkey should apologize for the attack on the Russian Su-24 aircraft, which resulted in the death of two Russian servicemen. The Turkish authorities are also expected to find and punish those responsible for the incident as well as pay damage compensation to the Russian side.
"If our expectations are not met, Turkey's other announcements will not pay off," the ambassador said, cited by the newspaper.
According to Karlov, Ankara has repeatedly expressed its readiness to engage in dialogue, but at the same time made statements that contradict the announced approach.
The diplomat also claimed that one of the Su-24's pilots was killed by Turkish citizen Alparslan Çelik after he ejected himself from the aircraft.
The attack led to the death of one of the two pilots while he was trying to land with a parachute. The other pilot was rescued with the help of the Syrian special forces and was transported to a Russian base in Syria.
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| 1 | Edit | Delete I just hope that it is absolutely clear that Russia meant either Erdogan or his idiotic prime minister as responsible for shooting. Turkish leadership as it is would bring forward some stupid Turkish peasant accusing him for shooting down the Russian bomber.
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| 2 | Edit | Delete One of the last thing you would expect from an uncivilized and quite primitive minded retard like Mullah Erdogan, who won the elections on a promise to "islamize" Turkey, is an apology.
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| 1 | Edit | Delete Turkey must apoligize for the killing of the two Russian servicemen.
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| 0 | Edit | Delete russia should have secured their pilots form the beginning and also they should have brought in the S-400 from Day 1 - In my point of view a mistake by the russian military you dont send your figthers in war and have no wing man with them - turkey is not a friend of syria nether russia ! so russia this time you learned a lesson Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete The Russians are being so reasonable it is disappointing. Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete Ivan Zadorozhny,
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| 1 | Edit | Delete Why do Syrian forces rescue Russians at the same time they have Turkish troops in Syria Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete Alpalsran Celik should be extradeted toRussia and sentenced in Russia not Turkey. Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete Andreas, Thank you, you made my day. Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete A lot of western elitists had and still have enormously stupid plans, like the Brzezinski doctrine, which is luckily derailed by russia since this autumn.
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| 1 | Edit | Delete No dialog with an Islamic Nazist country Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete The thing you have to understand about Turkey is that it's not a first world developed nation. That alone should disqualify it from playing with geopolitical fire and confirms, in my mind, that it was the US who led them on the shooting down of Russia's jet.
Show new comments (0)slimyfox
According to the international military law the highest authority that issued order is responsible for the action. At same time it states very clearly that the person who executed illegal (contrary to international law) action is equally responsible as the person who gave the order. That rule has been established in all court proceedings across the Germany after the ww2 where all of the German generals and other responsible tried to tie their responsibility onto Hitler who was supreme commander and leader and he committed suicide. Well, the international military courts cleared that attempt as useless as each person is legally responsible for own actions, and it is his responsibility and duty to reject such orders.
That means that pilot of F-16 should be extradited to Russia as well as responsible person who issued orders or planned this cowardly attack on Russian bomber.
Beside that Russia should demand from Turkey to publicly promises to support terrorists and that it will repay Syria for all stolen oil *which would easily amount to few billion USD.
Mikhas
That is suicide in a culture like that and the Russians know it but eventually, after a lot of twisting and turning on the hook, Mullah Erdogan will inevitably face the ultimate humiliation and admit the ambush. There is no other way. He will either become a villain and a pariah or admit guilt, as a villain, and resign.
Andreas
Also, all its military forces dislocated at the Syrian border must be put to NATO Brussels control. NATO shall prohibit ISIS oil and any other shipments to Turkey, as well.
goaismine
Ivan Zadorozhny
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although I assume that you just want to get replies to your message:
yes, Russia's reaction has been very reasonable.
no, Turkey is not behaving.
spirocoffee
and they are still there.Russia is an Ally of Syria.The others are not.Syria is not Iaq.Bashar Assad is still in power.
spirocoffee
The Turkish goverment must extradate this guy to Russia.that is one of the conditions.
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Michl.0192837
But Erdogans plan to enter Syria, obviously illegally murder some Russians and then call for NATO to protect his rotten offspring running the oil and Deash racket could only be bred by that imbecile mafia don that he is.
Eva Amram
Russell
The lack of sanity in Turkish high office must disqualify it from membership of the EU. They are far behind Eastern Europe. And light years behind Western Europe. If they switch to a more European societal model then they have a chance of slowly progressing to EU memenrship in about 50 yeas. However if they take the same Islamic route as most Middle Eastern countries then 200 years wouldn't be long enough.
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