Turkey to lose tens of billions of dollars after shooting down Russian plane

A number of large-scale projects between Russia and Turkey will possibly be canceled on account of the recent events. Turkey may suffer billions of dollars in losses after it shot down the Russian Su-24 warplane above Syria on November 24.


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Putin: Downing Of Russian Jet Over Syria Stab In The Back By Terrorist Accomplices

Turkey backstabbed Russia by downing the Russian warplane and acted as accomplices of the terrorists, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. The plane was hit by a Turkish warplane as it was traveling 1 km away from the Turkish border, Putin said. The plane posed no threat to Turkish national security, he stressed.


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Reuters: U.S. declines to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan

3/10/2009 by Ralph Jennings, TAIPEI (Reuters) - The U.S. government has declined to make a long-awaited sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan for fear of upsetting China, Taiwan's parliament speaker said on Tuesday. --The White House blocked the $4.9 billion deal for 66 advanced F-16s last year and there was little hope of it being revived this year, said Wang Jin-pyng. Read more at Reuters... Read More......