Russian academic claims Gülenists ordered downing of Russian jet
by Daily Sabah
ISTANBULDec 06, 2016 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
Dec 06, 2016 12:00 am
A Russian academic has claimed that a Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ)-affiliated colonel gave the orders to shoot down a Russian jet on Nov. 24, 2015. Speaking on a televised program, Russian academic Ruslan Kurbanov claimed that it was a FETÖ-affiliated colonel who ordered the shooting down of a Russian jet on Nov. 24, 2015.
"A colonel assigned at the İncirlik Air Base gave this order. He was [Fetullah] Gülen's man in action," he said.
Kurbanov also asserted that the CIA had played a key role in Gülen's bid to obtain a residence permit in the U.S.
Putin's foreign policy consultant Alexander Dugin also claimed recently that pilots loyal to FETÖ had deliberately shot down the Russian jet. He alleged that the incident was exacted by forces trying to affect relations between the two nations.
"The downing of the jet and killing of the pilot were tools in a geopolitical plot," Dugin said. He claims that the failed coup attempt on July 15 was the joint work of FETÖ and the U.S.
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