Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that he has given his government two days to come up with a packet of punitive measures against Turkey.
Medvedev said the shooting down of the Russian plane was "definitely an act of aggression" and that it was necessary to take "economic measures" in addition to the diplomatic and military responses that have already been adopted.
He said Russia would suspend ongoing talks on preferential trade status for Turkey and would consider restricting Turkish labor migrants in Russia. (TASS, Interfax)
Russia's state-owned RIA Novosti news agency says that the advanced S-400 antiaircraft system has been deployed at a Russian military base in Syria.
Russia announced it would deploy the advanced surface-to-air missile system after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane along the Turkey-Syria border on November 24.
The system has reportedly been deployed in Syria's Lakatia Province, some 50 kilometers from the border with Turkey. It is capable of accurately hitting targets up to 400 kilometers away.
Earlier on November 26, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said the S-400 deployment "will further complicate an already difficult situation in the skies over Syria."
Spokesman William Stevens told Interfax the S-400s "do nothing to further the fight against ISIL, as they have no air force," using an alternative acronym for the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
Stevens added that Washington expected Russia to abide by a bilateral memorandum of understanding on flight safety in the zone of military operations. (AP, Interfax, RIA Novosti, Gazeta.ru)
Turkey's president has rejected Russian allegations that his country purchases oil products from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
In a speech to local officials in Ankara on November 26, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on those who claim otherwise to "prove it," adding that they are "slanderers."
Erdogan called such claims "shameful" and noted that Russia was the largest supplier of energy to Turkey.
Erdogan insisted that his country is fighting actively against IS and noted that Turkey has detained "thousands" of suspected IS militants in recent years.
He defended his country's actions in shooting down a Russian warplane along the Turkey-Syria border on November 24, saying it had been "an automatic response" in accordance with known rules of engagement.
In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was awaiting a Turkish apology for the incident and an offer of compensation. (AP, AFP, TASS, Reuters)
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says that Russia's Armed Forces General Staff has given the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) information about the incident in which a Russian Su-24 jet was downed on November 24.
The CSTO is an intergovernmental military alliance that includes Russia and six other post-Soviet states.
The Foreign Ministry has tweeted comments by its spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova:
"CSTO partners were shown maps, radar data showing that the Su-24 was downed over Syrian territory"
"Members of the CSTO declared that such actions are inadmissible and expressed the opinion that they could negatively impact the war on terror."
Zakharova added that:
-- The Russian air force takes "great care in selecting targets for air strikes."
-- "However, Ankara cares not about the fate of civilians but about those whose faces could be seen yesterday on images shared in the media."
"One cannot take as civilians those armed cutthroats who were gloating over the body of he shot Russian pilot."
In scathing comments, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slams NATO's reaction to the downing of the Su-24 jet by Turkey, saying the alliance has "given a license to commit any illegal actions under the guise of its infamous solidiarity."
"We hope that the NATO leadership will consider the risks and negative consequences of such a shortsighted and purely opportunistic policy."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has moved on to talking about the fight against IS.
Zakharova says that the UN Security Council on November 20 passed resolution 2249 that condemned the IS group.
"We regard Resolution 2249 as a political appeal, that does not change the legal principles of the anti-terrorism war."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova says it is essential to "focus strength on stopping terror financing by IS's ongoing oil trade."
This is in part a dig at Turkey. Russia has accused Ankara of having financial interests in oil trade with IS.
AP is reporting that there have been fresh air strikes in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, citing reports by two groups that track the war -- the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and the Syrian pro-opposition Local Coordination Committees.
The strikes reportedly hit the highway linking the strategic border town of Azaz with the Bab al-Salameh border crossing with Turkey.
SOHR is saying that the air strikes were Russian.
There were air strikes on Azaz yesterday as well, which according to purported footage from the scene hit a convoy of trucks, which activists say were carrying aid.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called Turkey's downing of an Su-24 jet an "act of aggression," TASS reports.
"This, obviously, was an act of aggression against our state from Turkey, our neighbor, and also a member of NATO. Military and diplomatic responses to this crime have already occurred and will go on," Medvedev said, adding that there will also be economic measures taken.