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The New York Times is reporting:
Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting "God is great!" and "don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!" in what Russia called a terrorist attack.
The gunman, who was described by Ankara's mayor as a policeman, also wounded at least three others in the assault, which was captured on Turkish video. Turkish officials said he was killed by other officers in a shootout.
"The attack comes at a bad time: Moscow and Ankara have only recently restored diplomatic ties after Turkey downed a Russian aircraft in November 2015," the Stratfor think-tank said.
"Though the attack will strain relations between the two countries, it is not likely to rupture them altogether."
[...] Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as Russian-backed Syrian forces have fought for control of the eastern part of Aleppo, triggering a stream of refugees.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday December 20 2016, @08:16PM
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/top-russian-diplomat-petr-polshikov-found-shot-dead-at-moscow-home-a3424511.html
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:25PM
Doubt it. From what I've heard it's coincidental.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday December 21 2016, @01:03AM
After Obama went and said this: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/15/obama-threatens-retaliation-against-russia-election-hacking/95501584/ they might be a bit more prone to conspiracy theories than before however.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday December 21 2016, @01:48AM
Yeah, that was just dumb. Hopefully Putin will remain patient and will just wait for the nonsense to leave office.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.