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Old 19-12-2016, 20:38   #9
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Re: Russian Ambassador to Turkey shot dead in Ankara

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
I don't think it's going to kick off between Russia and Turkey. This was the action of a terrorist not of Turkey. The victims are Russia and Turkey. Plus I think it's more useful to Russia to publicly make that distinction.
For now, however in the longer term it'll depend on how successful Erdogan is in preventing more attacks on Russians and their interests in Turkey. I don't envisage Russian conflict with a Nato country but do feel it's highly likely that relations with Turkey will suffer unless this turns out to be an isolated incident.

God forbid it's an ArchDuke Ferdinand moment...

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