Putin says Turkey stabbed his country in the back in shooting down its plane,but de-escalation is in his interest, experts sayVladimir Putin’s visceral response to Turkeys shooting down of a Russian plane, and saying the country has been “stabbed in the back”,makes it clear the incident will maintain serious repercussions, but diplomatic observers say those consequences are unlikely to be military.
Putin and the Turkish leader, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,both maintain carefully maintained images as strongmen. Erdoğan is under pressure to defend Turkmen communities in Syria from Russian airstrikes. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com