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Elmira HASANOVA
Baku State University,
Department of international relations
and economics, master I course
E-mail: elmira.hesenova@bk.ru
TENSIONS IN TURKEY-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS OF RELATIONS
Supervisor: Tarana TAGHIYEVA
deputy of associate professor
at Baku State University
Keywords: Tensions in Turkey-Russian relations, economic
sanctions, escalation, restoration
Relations between Russia and Turkey have been rapidly
deteriorating since Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane in
November 2015, but it is not only the Russian jet that makes these
relations particularly difficult: a set of other
contradictory interests
makes the war in Syria is another bone of contention between the
two countries.
The relations between Russia and Turkey have been locked
in a spat over the downing of a Russian Su-24M bomber on Novem-
ber 24 by the Turkish Air Force’s fighter jet. Ankara claims the
bomber violated the Turkish air space in the area of the border
with Syria. However, Russia’s Defense Ministry said the Su-24M
plane stayed exclusively over the Syrian territory and "there was
no violation of the Turkish air space.
"President of Russia Vladimir Putin described the incident
as "a stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists" and further
stated that "today's tragic events will have significant consequen-
ces including for relations between Russia and Turkey". On
November 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree
on measures to ensure Russia’s national security and to protect its
citizens from criminal and other illegal activities and to impose