Russian Defense Ministry said that the Su-24 which was shot down by two Turkish Airforce's F-16. Turkey said that jet violated Turkish air space several times and the Su-24 were 5 minutes in the their (Turkish) while TuAF F-16s warned the crews of the jet 10 times. The region of which airspace violated by Russian jet actually an very narrow finger head like territorial extension hardly two mile wide. Yesterday Turkish president Recep Tayyep Erdogan said that the broken pieces of the downed jet hurts some of the Turkish citizens of the adjacent
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Moscow has already taken and will take diplomatic and military measures after the downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber by Turkey.
The Russian prime minister said that the downing of the Russian warplane over Syria was an "act of aggression" committed by Turkey.
"This was certainly an act of aggression against our country by Turkey, our neighbor and a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization."
"Military and diplomatic measures with regard to this crime have already been taken and more will be taken," Medvedev said during a government meeting on Thursday.
On Tuesday, a Russian Su-24 jet crashed in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the plane was downed over Syrian territory by an air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish F-16 jet, and fell 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the Turkish border. Putin described the Turkish attack as a "stab in the back" carried out by "accomplices of terrorists."
Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Russian government on Thursday to work out measures against Turkey after Tuesday's downing of a Russian military jet.
Moscow's response measures against Ankara may affect financial operations, investment projects, as well as the work of Turkish companies in Russia, Medvedev said.
According to Medvedev, measures taken by Russia will be temporary and depend on the development of Moscow-Ankara relations and international situation.
"[The measures include] the suspension of the implementation of programs of economic cooperation, restrictions on financial transactions and on foreign trade transactions, changes to customs duties, measures in thetourism sector, to affect the tourism sphere, transportation, including transits."
The prime minister said that Russian authorities were considering the introduction of bans on Turkish companies' activities in the country.
There could also be introduced restrictions or bans on the supply of products, including foodstuffs, and the work of Turkish companies on Russian territory, Medvedev said.
According to him, the measures will be introduced in accordance with a 2006 law "designed for similar situations."
Speaking at the same meeting, Russia's Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev underscored that any possible measures introduced against Turkey by Russia would not contradict WTO norms.
Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has already announced health and sanitary claims against a Turkish company specializing in poultry production, while the Russian Foreign Ministry recommended tourists to avoid traveling to Turkey.
Yet, two crew (Pilot + Navigator) ejected safely from the attacked Su-24 fighter-bomber one of them most probably the pilot killed. A photo of the killed pilot circulating among the websites disseminating this news issue. Another one, the navigator, has been saved by the rescue team of the Russian Airforce's Latakia Base Station. Here are some of the photos of the crews ejecting and one of the killed pilot.
The US government is trying to prevent further encounters between the Russian and Turkish air forces over the border zone between Turkey and Syria.
On 24 November, a Turkish Lockheed Martin F-16 shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24, with Ankara claiming that the latter had entered Turkish airspace. The incident between the NATO member and Moscow has created major concern in Washington DC.
Following the incident, Israeli sources suggested that if the Russian strike aircraft had been flown near an "enclave" of Turkey close to the Syrian border then it should have been obvious that its crew had no "bad intentions".
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Turkey's action "a stab in the back" carried out by the "accomplices of terrorists", and warned that the incident will have "serious consequences" for Moscow's relations with Ankara.
Turkey confirms that the downed Su-24 was engaged by two of its F-16s. It says the aircraft was targeted in line with its rules of engagement, after "violating the country's airspace".
Russia has rejected the Turkish version of events, claiming that its aircraft had not violated Turkish airspace, and had been flying at an altitude of 6,000m (19,700ft).
There have been conflicting reports about the fate of the Su-24's two crew members, who ejected following the engagement. As-yet unconfirmed claims also suggest that a Russian rescue helicopter that was sent to the area was hit by a surface-to-air missile and then destroyed by an anti-tank weapon after making an emergency landing.
Israel is following the situation very closely, as it is also conducting aerial activity over Syria, according to Western sources.
