Turkey raising the stakes

[Colwyn]

Has RTE replied by blaming the "Interest Rate Lobby" using telekinetic powers?

[Daffodil]

Putin and Erdogan will be at meetings held in Paris soon and I do hope that they work out an end to any more animosity over the shooting down incident. By falling out they are giving ISIS just what they want. Turkey and Russia are not booming financially and it is the small people who suffer most when there is a recession, children, women and elderly people. Look at what is happening in Greece to the women there. Whoever was in the wrong it is not going bring progress by prolonging the animosity between neighbours.

[kevin3]

  Putin will not have any contact with Erdogan until he makes an apology, and Putin has just signed off

  a list of sanctions, which are said to include banning all charter flights to Turkey and a ban on employing

  Turkish nationals.   Over to you Reg.!!

[nichola]

"But if anyone thinks that having committed this awful war crime, the murder of our people, that they are going to get away with some measures concerning their tomatoes or some limits on construction and other sectors, they are sorely mistaken." Putin said today!

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nID=92017&NewsCatID=353

[Colwyn]

More sabre rattling from Russia. One of their frigates opened rifle fire on a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean that was a "threat" to the Russian warship! That's about the limit of what Russia can do. What more? Attack a NATO country? Even Putin isn't that gung-ho!

[KKOB]

Even Putin isn't that gung-ho!

Let's hope not.

[usedbustickets]

BBC are reporting a close thing spat between a Turkish fishing boat and a Russian warship in the Aegean.  Shot across the bow of the Turkish boat by the Russians .... doesn't look like this situation between Reg and Vlad is going to cool down any time soon.

[Scunner]

BBC are reporting a close thing spat between a Turkish fishing boat and a Russian warship in the Aegean.  Shot across the bow of the Turkish boat by the Russians

I'm surprised Colwyn didn't mention this

[Highlander]

May be down to the two hour time difference  

[usedbustickets]

May be down to the two hour time difference   

Is that between London and Bristol?  I thought Brunel sorted out those differences.