ty bake!
Anyone remember when that Russian diplomat was shot at the art show in Turkey?
It has been TWIZZLING back there lately…
Karlov was Russia's ambassador to Turkey and before that North Korea…
"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared that the shooting was designed to disrupt the warming Russia–Turkey relations.[24] The New York Times suggested a possible motive was revenge for the Russian Air Force's targeting of rebel-held areas in Aleppo.[25]
Although seemingly an act of revenge against Russian military involvement in Aleppo as part of the ongoing Syrian civil war, some have suspected anti-Russian sentiment to be the cause of the attack. In a statement, President-elect of the United States Donald Trump accused the assassin of being "a radical Islamic terrorist",[26] and the Russian State Duma said that "The culprits in this monstrous provocation, both the executors and those who guided the terrorist's hand by instigating Russophobia, ethnic, religious and confessional hatred, extremism and fanaticism, must face their deserved punishment".[citation needed]
Allegations of NATO involvement have circulated among government officials and commentators, as well as involvement by the jihadist movements of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly known as Al-Nusra Front/al-Qaeda in Syria)[27][28][29] – two groups which Turkey has been accused of supporting in the past – have been made.[30][31] Turkish authorities are reportedly investigating Altıntaş' links to the Gülen movement; in a speech, Erdoğan said that the perpetrator was a member of "FETÖ".[18][32] The attack was praised by ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliated accounts on social media.[33] The words spoken by the assassin are similar to the unofficial anthem of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham.[34]
According to Turkish officials and the Russian delegation that arrived in Turkey after the murder, the Gülen movement was behind the assassination for the purpose of sabotaging Russia-Turkey relations.[2]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov