Turkey remains unapologetic as Russia readies sanctions

Russia has canceled an invitation for President Erdogan to visit the country in mid-December and says it is readying economic sanctions, while at home the Turkish leader remains unrepentant for his pilot's actions. Yesterday evening the Russian Foreign Ministry issued an advisory to all its citizens in Turkey to leave immediately, as the country started to roll out economic sanctions against Turkey. In the meantime, Greece has lodged an official complaint against Turkey after six Turkish fighter aircraft apparently entered Greek airspace only to be chased off after what the Greeks described as a dog-fight.

A formation of six Turkish fighter jets violated Greek national air space in the northeastern Aegean Thursday, Greek defense officials said.

The Turkish jets entered into Greece’s national air space on one occasion, the defense officials said, adding that two of the aircraft were armed and that one dogfight occurred. In all cases the Turkish jets were chased off by Greek aircraft.

The violations follow a peak in tensions between Turkey and Russia after Turkish fighter jets shot a Russian military jet near the Syrian border.