Kremlin Says Putin 'Fully Mobilised' To Tackle Threat From Turkey

[Purveyor]

President Vladimir Putin is fully mobilised to tackle what the Kremlin regards as an unprecedented threat from Turkey following the shooting down of one of its warplanes by a Turkish F-16, the Russian leader's spokesman said on Saturday.

In comments which underscore how angry the Kremlin still is over the incident, Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, called the behaviour of the Turkish air force "absolute madness" and said Ankara's subsequent handling of the crisis had reminded him of the "theatre of the absurd."

"Nobody has the right to traitorously shoot down a Russian plane from behind," Peskov told Russia's "News on Saturday" TV programme, calling Turkish evidence purporting to show the Russian SU-24 jet had violated Turkish air space "cartoons".

In another sign of tensions after its shooting down of the Russian plane on Tuesday, which resulted in the death of one of the pilots, Turkey's foreign ministry advised people on Saturday to postpone all non-urgent travel to Russia.

Peskov said the crisis had prompted Putin, whose ministers are preparing retaliatory economic measures against Turkey, to "mobilise" in the way an army does in tense times.

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[Nitram]

1. Putin didn't seem very concerned when his operatives shot down an airliner over Ukraine. nt

[redstateblues]

2. Turkey has the 10th largest military

In the world. Certainly no pushover.

[LS_Editor]

3. Why did the Turkey poke the Bear?

If the Russian aircraft violated Turkish airs pace - and American military sources are not sure that happened - was demanding the Russians accept Turkish escorts out of the area too sensible a response?

[bemildred]

4. Erdogan is a dumb ass who listens to Neocons.

He thought we would back him up militarily (because NATO, see?) just like the dumb guys in Georgia and Ukraine (because someday NATO, wink wink).