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Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Russia: ‘Our role in downing Turkish jet in Syria – fantasy and nonsense’

F-4 Phantom II |Moscow has denied claims concerning its “guidance” in downing a Turkish jet in Syria and “eliminating" two pilots after the crash this July. The assertion of Russian involvement was made on an Al Arabiya program based on “highly-classified docs.”

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the information presented by the Saudi-owned news channel on Saturday is “utter nonsense.”

“It is ridiculous even to comment on this nonsense, but, unfortunately, we have to,” reads the Monday statement. “These far-from-harmless fantasies are based on 'intelligence databases,' obtained by Al Arabiya from open sources, including the official website of the RIA Novosti news agency." It continued, “The authors of this forgery did not even bother to remove the respective logo from the allegedly ‘secret document.’”

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