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on December 19th 2016 the world was
shocked by the assassination of a
beloved Russian diplomat in Turkey’s
capital with the Syrian civil war at a
tipping point previous tensions between
the two countries and several factors
still unknown many are anxious to see
just what comes next
welcome to watchmojo.com where we look
at news stories that should be on your
radar in this installment we’re looking
at three things you should know about
the assassination of the Russian
ambassador to Turkey this murder is
clearly a provocation aimed at
undermining the improvement and the
normalization of the Russian Turkish
relations number three how did the
assassination take place during a photo
exhibit opening at a gallery in Turkey’s
capital Ankara off-duty police officer
made lute merit Altan Tosh shot and
killed Andre Karloff the Russian
ambassador to Turkey reporters there to
cover the museum’s event including
photographer berhan Osman Ichi of The
Associated Press managed to capture the
assassination on video and in
photographs after the killing the
assassin shouted Allahu Akbar meaning
god is great and continued with do not
forget Aleppo do not forget Syria the
gunman was killed in an ensuing
confrontation with police and the
Russian Foreign Ministry has labeled the
event as a terrorist attack number two
what is Turkey’s relationship with
Russia and the region in the past weeks
Turkey has seen many protests regarding
Russia’s supporting of President Bashar
al-assad in Syria’s Civil War the
assassination also comes just days
before delegates in Turkey Iran and
Russia were scheduled to meet regarding
the siege of Aleppo in 2015 tensions
between Turkey and Russia came to an
all-time high after turkey shot down a
Russian plane flying in Turkish airspace
since then the two have become more
friendly following an attempted Turkish
coup in 2016 and have become pseudo
allies in the fight against the Islamic
state Turkey has long been seen as a
gateway between Europe and the Middle
East and has been playing an
instrumental role in fighting Isis
number one how will Russia respond many
have already drawn comparisons to the
assassination of Franz Ferdinand the
Archduke of Austria Ferdinand was
assassinated an event which would
eventually lead to the outbreak of World
War one with international tensions
throughout the Middle East and in Turkey
many are anxious to see just how Russia
will react uncertainty stems from the
public not knowing what motivated the
sucess nation Turkish president type air
Doan and Russian President Vladimir
Putin have been in contact since the
attack in a statement made by President
Putin he stated that the murder was an
attempt to undermine Russian and Turkish
relations and the peace process in Syria
he went on to state that Russia will be
responding to the terror with strength
and that it was necessary to find out
just who orchestrated the killing with
the United States involved in conflict
since 2001 and Russian conflicts
stemming back to the 1990s this event
breeds further anxiety into what the
future may hold so what do you think
will be coming up next to the region to
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know who organized the keeling who gave
orders to the assassin we see
[Music]
on December 19th 2016 the world was
shocked by the assassination of a
beloved Russian diplomat in Turkey’s
capital with the Syrian civil war at a
tipping point previous tensions between
the two countries and several factors
still unknown many are anxious to see
just what comes next
welcome to watchmojo.com where we look
at news stories that should be on your
radar in this installment we’re looking
at three things you should know about
the assassination of the Russian
ambassador to Turkey this murder is
clearly a provocation aimed at
undermining the improvement and the
normalization of the Russian Turkish
relations number three how did the
assassination take place during a photo
exhibit opening at a gallery in Turkey’s
capital Ankara off-duty police officer
made lute merit Altan Tosh shot and
killed Andre Karloff the Russian
ambassador to Turkey reporters there to
cover the museum’s event including
photographer berhan Osman Ichi of The
Associated Press managed to capture the
assassination on video and in
photographs after the killing the
assassin shouted Allahu Akbar meaning
god is great and continued with do not
forget Aleppo do not forget Syria the
gunman was killed in an ensuing
confrontation with police and the
Russian Foreign Ministry has labeled the
event as a terrorist attack number two
what is Turkey’s relationship with
Russia and the region in the past weeks
Turkey has seen many protests regarding
Russia’s supporting of President Bashar
al-assad in Syria’s Civil War the
assassination also comes just days
before delegates in Turkey Iran and
Russia were scheduled to meet regarding
the siege of Aleppo in 2015 tensions
between Turkey and Russia came to an
all-time high after turkey shot down a
Russian plane flying in Turkish airspace
since then the two have become more
friendly following an attempted Turkish
coup in 2016 and have become pseudo
allies in the fight against the Islamic
state Turkey has long been seen as a
gateway between Europe and the Middle
East and has been playing an
instrumental role in fighting Isis
number one how will Russia respond many
have already drawn comparisons to the
assassination of Franz Ferdinand the
Archduke of Austria Ferdinand was
assassinated an event which would
eventually lead to the outbreak of World
War one with international tensions
throughout the Middle East and in Turkey
many are anxious to see just how Russia
will react uncertainty stems from the
public not knowing what motivated the
sucess nation Turkish president type air
Doan and Russian President Vladimir
Putin have been in contact since the
attack in a statement made by President
Putin he stated that the murder was an
attempt to undermine Russian and Turkish
relations and the peace process in Syria
he went on to state that Russia will be
responding to the terror with strength
and that it was necessary to find out
just who orchestrated the killing with
the United States involved in conflict
since 2001 and Russian conflicts
stemming back to the 1990s this event
breeds further anxiety into what the
future may hold so what do you think
will be coming up next to the region to
vote for what news story be covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and for more happening news stories
subscribe to watchmojo.com we have to
know who organized the keeling who gave
orders to the assassin we see
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