on December 9, 2015 in World News
Su-24 downing gave grounds for war, but Russia decided against symmetrical response – Medvedev
The downing of a Russian Sukhoi bomber by the Turkish Air Force was sufficient reason to start a war, but Moscow chose not to respond symmetrically, says Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. TrendsSu-24 downing “What did 20th-century countries used to do in a similar situation? A war began,” Medvedev said on the ‘Talk to the Prime Minister’ TV program. Medvedev said Ankara had “violated the norms of the international law,” giving Russia what’s called in international judicial language ‘a casus belli’, or a reason to start a war. ‘Allah took their sanity’: Putin accuses Turkish leadership of ‘aiding terror’ https://t.co/kqX028EMUPpic.twitter.com/F7fQj9G2Aw… View Article
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