it’s become one of the most significant
incidents between NATO and Russia this
century and it sent international
tension in Syria soaring even higher
welcome to WatchMojo on your radar in
this installment we’re counting down 10
crucial facts you should know about the
Russian jet shot down by turkey in the
fall of 2015 number 10 what did turkey
do on November 24th 2015 Turkish forces
shot down a Russian military jet on the
border between Turkey and Syria it’s the
first time a Russian jet has been down
in the area since Moscow began launching
air strikes on Syria in September of
2015 the su-24 attack aircraft had been
flying at an altitude of over 19 and a
half thousand feet when it was struck by
an air-to-air missile and according to
Russian authorities it crashed in the
jabal Turkmen area of Syria around two
and a half miles from the Turkish border
number nine why was the Russian plane
shot down while Russia maintained that
the aircraft which had been traveling as
part of a pair had skirted around
Turkish territory turkey claimed that it
had entered into their airspace Turkey
said that both planes were warned 10
times within five minutes to change
their route but the warnings were
ignored
space change or adding salty immediate
beef according to turkey both planes
violated airspace for 17 seconds and the
downed plane was originally shot at
during that time the incident was also
listed by turkey as the latest in a
series of warnings issued by them to
Russia for flying too close to the
border number 8 where did the plane
crash the dispute was almost entirely
fueled by conflicting accounts of where
the incident actually occurred russia
says that its plane was skirting the
syria-turkey border staying within syria
by at least half a mile turkey says that
the plane had violated Turkish airspace
crossing over a small sub early tip of
the territory in the hut I province upon
being struck the plane was sent into a
flaming nose dive causing it to crash a
short distance inside Syria in a
mountainous region populated by the
Turkmen community a group that turkey
says had previously been targeted by
Russian attacks number 7 what was
russia’s response Russian leader
Vladimir Putin strongly condemned
Turkish actions quickly calling them
quote a stab in the back and threatening
quote serious consequences for
russian-turkish relations the president
also accused turkey of funding local
terror groups by using oil imported from
Isis territory and he expressed
disappointment considering the
relationship that had been shared
between the two countries saying quote
we have always treated Turkey as a
friendly State the turkish President
Recep tape err dhawan stated that he
would step down if there were truth in
such allegations the Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov further accused
turkey of a quote planned provocation
Lavrov also indicated that Russia had
quote no intention to go to war with
Turkey but reasoned that Moscow must
react strongly to recent events number
six what was Turkey’s response the
initial Turkish response involved the
country issuing a report of the incident
to NATO underlining their version of
events
and on November 27th turkish President
Recep tape air Diwan warned Putin not to
quote play with fire however in the
first few days following the crash it
was turkey more than Russia that seemed
intent on rebuilding relations in light
of an international call to de-escalate
the tension the Turkish Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu published a proverbial
olive branch writing that the shooting
down of a Russian plane quote was not
and is not an act against a specific
country while turkey promised to
continue its ruthless border defense it
seemed hopeful that its relationship
with Russia will recover number five
what happened to the crew there were two
crew members in the downed yet
lieutenant colonel oleg anatolyevich
peshkov as pilot and captain Constantine
Morton as navigator both managed to
eject an escape out of the plane itself
and video has emerged showing two
figures parachuting toward the ground
however Lieutenant Colonel peshkov was
shot dead by ground fire while
parachuting with a Turkmen rebel group
in Syria subsequently claiming
responsibility captain Murdock tins
survived and was retrieved out of Syria
as part of a Russian search-and-rescue
operation during which another soldier
was killed amid small arms fire peshkov
who’s killing goes against the Geneva
Convention has been posthumously awarded
the title hero of the Russian Federation
number 4 how is this connected to the
Syrian war and Isis Russia and Turkey
support different factions within the
Syrian civil war which will approach its
fifth year in 2016 while Russia is a
supporter of Syrian President Bashar
al-assad turkey wants al-assad out and
has provided support to rebel forces
some of which are regarded by the West
as radical extremists while turkey does
not support Isis the group behind the
Paris terror attacks in November 2015
rhetoric out of Russia since the
shoot-down has leveled accusations their
way the incident also has links to
ongoing Turkish displeasure with Russia
over continued russian bombing of the
kirkman people and an anti al-assad
group that turkey considers to be under
its protection number three how will
this affect turkey Russia relations as
the first time in over half a century
that a NATO nation has downed a Russian
plane it’s not surprising that tensions
were incredibly high following the
shoot-down Russia suspended military
cooperation with Turkey including a
closure of a hotline designed to avoid
air accidents and announced deployment
of large-scale anti-aircraft missiles to
its facilities in the region in general
any trust that had existed between the
two nations looked to have been severely
damaged by the end of november 2015 if
not destroyed all together on the other
hand nato-backed turkey in what seemed
to be an attempt to dissuade Russia away
from italie ating too heavily number two
how will this affect turkey Russia
relations part to the Russian response
extended beyond its military presence
however as russian-turkish trade was
likely to be lessened as well Russia is
Turkey’s second largest trading partner
but following the shoot down its
government began working on how best to
sanction the import of Turkish goods and
services Russia made plans to impose a
series of bands and restrictions that
would restrict the importing of Turkish
food any Russian based Turkish companies
were also likely to struggle in the wake
of the shoot down furthermore Russia
advised its Nationals to avoid all
travel to Turkey for fear of terrorism
that they may encounter there this will
come as a severe blow to Turkey’s
economy as it is currently the biggest
foreign destination for Russian tourists
Russia also suspended its visa-free
regime with Turkey thereby necessitating
visas for Turkish visitors traveling to
Russia and vice versa number one what
are the international ramifications
a problem between two nations will
inescapably affect the international
community and this one came at an
unfortunate time for those allied
against the threat of Isis following the
November 13 2015 terror attacks on Paris
there had been a unanimous call for
solidarity in the fight against Isis
while that solidarity remained events on
the turkey-syria border weakened the
unity to some extent distracting from
what had been a common focus the
shoot-down represented another awkward
development in the Syrian civil war that
may yet prove to have significant
long-term consequences as of December
2015 all eyes were on Russia in
anticipation of Putin’s next move did
these facts get you thinking to vote for
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incidents between NATO and Russia this
century and it sent international
tension in Syria soaring even higher
welcome to WatchMojo on your radar in
this installment we’re counting down 10
crucial facts you should know about the
Russian jet shot down by turkey in the
fall of 2015 number 10 what did turkey
do on November 24th 2015 Turkish forces
shot down a Russian military jet on the
border between Turkey and Syria it’s the
first time a Russian jet has been down
in the area since Moscow began launching
air strikes on Syria in September of
2015 the su-24 attack aircraft had been
flying at an altitude of over 19 and a
half thousand feet when it was struck by
an air-to-air missile and according to
Russian authorities it crashed in the
jabal Turkmen area of Syria around two
and a half miles from the Turkish border
number nine why was the Russian plane
shot down while Russia maintained that
the aircraft which had been traveling as
part of a pair had skirted around
Turkish territory turkey claimed that it
had entered into their airspace Turkey
said that both planes were warned 10
times within five minutes to change
their route but the warnings were
ignored
space change or adding salty immediate
beef according to turkey both planes
violated airspace for 17 seconds and the
downed plane was originally shot at
during that time the incident was also
listed by turkey as the latest in a
series of warnings issued by them to
Russia for flying too close to the
border number 8 where did the plane
crash the dispute was almost entirely
fueled by conflicting accounts of where
the incident actually occurred russia
says that its plane was skirting the
syria-turkey border staying within syria
by at least half a mile turkey says that
the plane had violated Turkish airspace
crossing over a small sub early tip of
the territory in the hut I province upon
being struck the plane was sent into a
flaming nose dive causing it to crash a
short distance inside Syria in a
mountainous region populated by the
Turkmen community a group that turkey
says had previously been targeted by
Russian attacks number 7 what was
russia’s response Russian leader
Vladimir Putin strongly condemned
Turkish actions quickly calling them
quote a stab in the back and threatening
quote serious consequences for
russian-turkish relations the president
also accused turkey of funding local
terror groups by using oil imported from
Isis territory and he expressed
disappointment considering the
relationship that had been shared
between the two countries saying quote
we have always treated Turkey as a
friendly State the turkish President
Recep tape err dhawan stated that he
would step down if there were truth in
such allegations the Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov further accused
turkey of a quote planned provocation
Lavrov also indicated that Russia had
quote no intention to go to war with
Turkey but reasoned that Moscow must
react strongly to recent events number
six what was Turkey’s response the
initial Turkish response involved the
country issuing a report of the incident
to NATO underlining their version of
events
and on November 27th turkish President
Recep tape air Diwan warned Putin not to
quote play with fire however in the
first few days following the crash it
was turkey more than Russia that seemed
intent on rebuilding relations in light
of an international call to de-escalate
the tension the Turkish Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu published a proverbial
olive branch writing that the shooting
down of a Russian plane quote was not
and is not an act against a specific
country while turkey promised to
continue its ruthless border defense it
seemed hopeful that its relationship
with Russia will recover number five
what happened to the crew there were two
crew members in the downed yet
lieutenant colonel oleg anatolyevich
peshkov as pilot and captain Constantine
Morton as navigator both managed to
eject an escape out of the plane itself
and video has emerged showing two
figures parachuting toward the ground
however Lieutenant Colonel peshkov was
shot dead by ground fire while
parachuting with a Turkmen rebel group
in Syria subsequently claiming
responsibility captain Murdock tins
survived and was retrieved out of Syria
as part of a Russian search-and-rescue
operation during which another soldier
was killed amid small arms fire peshkov
who’s killing goes against the Geneva
Convention has been posthumously awarded
the title hero of the Russian Federation
number 4 how is this connected to the
Syrian war and Isis Russia and Turkey
support different factions within the
Syrian civil war which will approach its
fifth year in 2016 while Russia is a
supporter of Syrian President Bashar
al-assad turkey wants al-assad out and
has provided support to rebel forces
some of which are regarded by the West
as radical extremists while turkey does
not support Isis the group behind the
Paris terror attacks in November 2015
rhetoric out of Russia since the
shoot-down has leveled accusations their
way the incident also has links to
ongoing Turkish displeasure with Russia
over continued russian bombing of the
kirkman people and an anti al-assad
group that turkey considers to be under
its protection number three how will
this affect turkey Russia relations as
the first time in over half a century
that a NATO nation has downed a Russian
plane it’s not surprising that tensions
were incredibly high following the
shoot-down Russia suspended military
cooperation with Turkey including a
closure of a hotline designed to avoid
air accidents and announced deployment
of large-scale anti-aircraft missiles to
its facilities in the region in general
any trust that had existed between the
two nations looked to have been severely
damaged by the end of november 2015 if
not destroyed all together on the other
hand nato-backed turkey in what seemed
to be an attempt to dissuade Russia away
from italie ating too heavily number two
how will this affect turkey Russia
relations part to the Russian response
extended beyond its military presence
however as russian-turkish trade was
likely to be lessened as well Russia is
Turkey’s second largest trading partner
but following the shoot down its
government began working on how best to
sanction the import of Turkish goods and
services Russia made plans to impose a
series of bands and restrictions that
would restrict the importing of Turkish
food any Russian based Turkish companies
were also likely to struggle in the wake
of the shoot down furthermore Russia
advised its Nationals to avoid all
travel to Turkey for fear of terrorism
that they may encounter there this will
come as a severe blow to Turkey’s
economy as it is currently the biggest
foreign destination for Russian tourists
Russia also suspended its visa-free
regime with Turkey thereby necessitating
visas for Turkish visitors traveling to
Russia and vice versa number one what
are the international ramifications
a problem between two nations will
inescapably affect the international
community and this one came at an
unfortunate time for those allied
against the threat of Isis following the
November 13 2015 terror attacks on Paris
there had been a unanimous call for
solidarity in the fight against Isis
while that solidarity remained events on
the turkey-syria border weakened the
unity to some extent distracting from
what had been a common focus the
shoot-down represented another awkward
development in the Syrian civil war that
may yet prove to have significant
long-term consequences as of December
2015 all eyes were on Russia in
anticipation of Putin’s next move did
these facts get you thinking to vote for
which news story is covered next head
over to watchmojo.com / the jest and be
sure to hit that subscribe button for
more newsworthy top 10s published every
week
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