Putin Latest: Russian President Putin signs sweeping economic sanctions against Turkey
Russian President Putin signs sweeping economic sanctions against Turkey Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for in a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, in this file picture December 1 2014. Putin signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, four days after the killing Turkey down a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border. Moscow signed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday in a sweeping law to impose economic sanctions on Turkey, and relations between the two countries strongly after that shot down a Russian Turkey on the Syrian border this week warplane. Turkey has said it shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber, part of the objectives of the deployment of Russian air force struck in Syria, because the plane crossed briefly in Turkish airspace, a charge denied by Russia. A Russian Navy pilot sent to rescue him were killed in the incident on Tuesday, Russia confirmed its first combat deaths since th...