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Putin to Pay Respects to Slain Karlov, Annual Conference Rescheduled for Dec. 23

© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankMoscow residents lay flowers near Russian Foreign Ministry in memory of slain Ambassador Karlov
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay respects to assassinated Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov on Thursday, moving back his annual news conference by a day, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Karlov was shot and killed at an art gallery exhibition opening in Ankara on Monday. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it considered the attack a terrorist act.

"Due to the fact that the last respects and the funeral of the murdered Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov will be held on Thursday, the President decided to hold a large annual press conference [on Friday, December 23]," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

 

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