Ban on tomatoes just the beginning. Putin: ‘I guess Allah punished Turkey’s clique’


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Russia will not indulge in sabre rattling, but Turkey should brace for a far harsher response than the decision to impose a ban on the export of tomatoes to Russia, President Vladimir Putin said in the annual address to the Federal Assembly on Thursday.

The Russian leader made a guess that it wass the supernatural forces that were behind the situation:

“Allah might have decided to punish Turkey’s ruling clique and made them mad.”

The leader promised that nobody would ever see any nervous, hysterical reaction in Russia.

“If somebody may have thought that after committing a treacherous war crime – the killing of our people – it will be possible to get away with restrictions on tomato trade or some other restrictions in the building and other industries, they are grossly mistaken,” state-run news agency TASS quotes Putin.

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Russia is perfectly aware of what action is to be taken, the president warned.

According to Putin, he also wondered why the Turkish authorities had issued the order to shoot down a Russian warplane.

“Any questions, any problems and contradictions that we did not even see should have been resolved in a totally different way. We were ready to cooperate with Turkey on the most sensitive for it issues and were ready to go as far as its allies were unwilling to go. Maybe, only Allah knows why they did that,” he said.

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