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Russians hold protest outside Turkey mission in Moscow

Wednesday, 25 November 2015 4:35 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 25 November 2015 6:42 PM ]

A protester throws a stone at the Turkish embassy in Moscow, Russia, November 25, 2015. ©AFP

Hundreds of people have held a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in the Russian capital city of Moscow to voice their anger at Ankara’s recent downing of a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian border.

On Wednesday, the protesters hurled eggs, stones, paint, tomatoes and paper planes at the diplomatic mission and broke several windows of the building.

Some of the demonstrators chanted slogans against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Shouting "We will not forget, we will not forgive” and "murderers", the protesters held placards reading, "Turkey you will remain without gas" and "Shame to accomplices of terrorists."

A policeman walks past the Turkish embassy with broken window panes in Moscow, Russia, November 25, 2015. ©AP

They also carried placards asking whether Turkey was on the side of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, which is wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq.

Several participants in Wednesday’s rally were detained by police outside the embassy.

"This is the embassy of murderers, in my opinion, of the people who instead of being honest and trusted partners showed their beastly grin," said Moscow resident Boris.

On Tuesday, Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24M Fencer aircraft with two pilots aboard, claiming the fighter jet had repeatedly violated the Turkish airspace.

A still image taken from a video shows a war plane crashing in flames in a mountainous area in northern Syria after it was shot down by Turkish fighter jets near the Turkish-Syrian border, November 24, 2015. ©Reuters

Russia, however, denies Ankara’s claims, maintaining that the jet was downed in Syrian airspace where Russia has been carrying out operations against Daesh since September 30 upon a request by the Damascus government.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the plane had been attacked inside Syria and warned of "serious consequences" for the "stab in the back."

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also described the incident as a “planned provocation,” adding that it is “no secret” that terrorist groups are using the Turkish territory in their operations against the government of Syria.

The remarks come as Turkey has time and again been accused of being one of the main supporters of the militant groups operating in Syria, with reports saying that Ankara actively trains and arms the Takfiri terrorists there and facilitates their safe passage into the conflict-ridden Arab country.

In another development on Wednesday, Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, the surviving crew member of the Russian plane, said Turkish jets did not issue any visual or radio warnings before the downing.

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