Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the reason Turkey downed a Russian warplane last week was that it wanted to protect supplies of oil from Islamic State.

• Date: 30.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Turkey's prime minister dismissed on Monday any suggestion Ankara should apologize for downing a Russian warplane in its airspace last week, after winning strong NATO support for the right to defend itself.

• Date: 30.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

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.

• Date: 28.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 28.11.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border.

• Date: 28.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 28.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing a raft of punitive economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, underlining the depth of the Kremlin's anger toward Ankara four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.

• Date: 28.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 28.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to "play with fire", citing reports Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, while Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey.

• Date: 27.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 27.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.

• Date: 24.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 24.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Oil prices jumped and government debt prices edged up on Tuesday after Turkish jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, adding to worries about tensions in the Middle East.

• Date: 24.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 24.11.2015  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/