Russia is Already Exacting Its Revenge on Turkey for Downing a Russian Warplane

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By: Natasha Bertrand

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Russia is preparing to sanction Turkey in response to its downing of a Russian warplane earlier this week, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced in a televised cabinet meeting on Thursday, according to the BBC.

“The government has been ordered to work out a system of response measures to this act of aggression in the economic and humanitarian spheres,” which may include “limits or bans” on “foodstuffs, labor, and services from Turkish companies,” Medvedev said.

The sanctions “could bite into more than $30 billion in trade ties between the two countries, as police here began seizing Turkish products and deporting Turkish businessmen,” The Washington Post’s Andrew Roth and Karla Adam wrote on Thursday…

As The Soufan Group noted on Wednesday in its daily briefing, Russia “is likely to use intelligence and disinformation to highlight Turkey’s dealings with the Islamic State…

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