Tensions in the wake of the downing of a Russian fighter jet by Turkey have not diminished at all since the incident occured on November 24; in fact the state-sponsored and non-governmental back-biting continues unabated.
Russian firms have been ordered to cease hiring Turkish citizens, and the Instagram account of at least one Russian governmental minister was breached by a Turkish cyberhacker group.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree December 1 “on measures to ensure national security of the Russian Federation from criminal and other illegal activities and the use of special economic measures against the Republic of Turkey.”
The restrictions on work visas do not, however, apply to some 53 construction and other firms with long-term contracts in Russia, according to the Sputnik news agency.
Nevertheless, the companies granted exemptions are prohibited from exceeding the total number of Turkish employees they hired up to December 31.
Meanwhile, a team of Turkish hackers has claimed responsibility for breaking into a Russian minister’s Instagram account Sunday (Jan. 3).
The Börteçine Cyber Team said it targeted the account of Russian Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolai Nikiforov, replacing his images with those of the flag of Turkey, a still of the downed Russian Sukhoi-24, and a portrait of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Nearly 400,000 Turkish web sites have been breached by the Anonymous hacking collective since Dec. 14, however, including those of a number of Turkish banks, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News.
this is a dispute that is not between the people of Turkey and the people of Russia, but rather between 2 tyrants who've taken over these countries – Erdogan & Putin
True, however, at this point Turkey's main claim to fame is as 'the gateway for those seeking to join ISIS.'
Don't forget the people of Turkey elected an Islamist leader and Putin is helping to destroy Islamist terrorists. I doubt if any Christian Russians support the terrorists. I doubt if you could say the same for the Muslim Turks, I'm sure some do.
I know who I prefer!
Jeff Burnham putin is only in the fight to protect his client-puppet assad; he's not going after any "terrorists" other than anti-Assad rebels.
The Asaad family has kept peace with Israel for 30 years. After the Moslem Brotherhood was elected to power in Egypt they declared the peace treaty with Israel null and void.
Therefore: To Putin and the Russan air-force my sencearest wishes for you puting 100,000 bombs on target this comming year.
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