Russian ambassador killed in Turkey
- Assassination of Russian ambassador was not killer’s ‘own initiative’ – Turkish Interior Minister
The assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov, was a well-planned and premeditated murder, Turkey's interior minister told journalists. He said it did not happen at the initiative of the killer or out of personal vengeance.News - ‘Shots fired at ambassador Karlov targeted Russian state’ – top senator to RT
The assassination of ambassador Karlov is a sign of a serious split in the Turkish elite, a top Russian senator told RT. The shots targeted the Russian state itself, but still won’t affect Moscow’s policies and its cooperation with Turkey and Iran on Syrian reconciliation efforts.News - Russian envoy’s killer ‘obviously’ follower of US-based Turkish fugitive cleric – Erdogan
The man who assassinated Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov is "obviously" a member of the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organisation (FETO) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, citing the killer’s background and connections as "proof".News - American journalists who 'danced' on Russian Ambassador’s grave have no shame
Two American journalists have crossed a line in their reaction to the murder of a Russian diplomat this week. They are both a disgrace to the profession they purport to practice. - ‘West dismembered Syria, created incubator for radical groups’
The Russian ambassador’s murder won’t affect the Syrian peace process, says commentator Abdel Bari Atwan. The Russian-Iranian-Turkish talks on Syria could help reach a peaceful settlement after Western involvement only led to bloody anarchy, he adds. - ‘Turkey, Russia and Iran in best position to negotiate Syria peace’ – former US ambassador
The assassination of ambassador Karlov will unlikely damage relations between Russia and Turkey, who, alongside Iran, have a good chance of succeeding in the resolution of the Syrian conflict where the UN failed, former US ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith told RT.
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