Murdered Russian Ambassador to Turkey Karlov Is Buried In Moscow



Sputnik: Putin Pays Last Respects to Ambassador Murdered in Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid last respects to Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, killed in Ankara.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The president had to reschedule a big press-conference originally scheduled for Wednesday to be able to take part in the memorial for the diplomat whom he knew personally.

On Wednesday, Putin ordered the murdered ambassador to be awarded with the title of the Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously.

On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Karlov an outstanding diplomat underscoring the ambassador's contribution to the restoration of the relationship between Moscow and Ankara in the wake of downing of a Russian Su-24 plane by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet in Syria.

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