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Turkey shoots down Russian jet fighter, Putin threatens retaliation

This past Wednesday, Turkey shot down a Russian jet fighter via anti-aircraft missile near the Turkish-Syrian border. There are two prevailing accounts of the story that led to this politically-significant event.

According to Turkey, Russia’s presence in Syria has had …

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Russia threatens Sweden over NATO membership, Sweden demands explanation

“Swedish membership in NATO would have politico-military and foreign policy consequences, and would bring retaliatory measures from Russia.”

These are the words of Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. In addition, Russian ambassador Viktor Tatarsintov has promised “military consequences” to …

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