Russia ends accord with Turkish military after warplane shot down

Russia’s defence ministry said it has suspended all cooperation with the Turkish military, including a hotline set up to share information about Russian air strikes in Syria, TASS news agency reported.

Earlier, Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as “emotional” and “unfitting”.

Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan responded to Russian accusations that Turkey has been buying oil and gas from Islamic State in Syria by accusing Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his backers, which include Moscow, of being the real source of the group’s financial and military power.