Afrasianet - The United States, and behind it the Western countries that have become affiliated with it helplessly, are trying to push for confrontation with Russia by all means that can lead to that, even if by employing all possible tools, including what is classified as terrorism.

The United States turns to countries that have relations or friendships with Russia with threats and intimidation, and sometimes with inducements to sabotage these relations.

When it fails to do so, it uses any available means without taking into account any consideration for international law or even morals. in the example.

What happened when the Russian ambassador to Turkey was assassinated?

On December 19, 2016, an armed attacker shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, while he was giving a speech at an art exhibition entitled "Russia in the Eyes of the Turks", which was organized in cooperation Between the Russian embassy and the municipality of Cengaya in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

The attack, which was captured by the cameras, took place at exactly 19:05 Istanbul time (16:05 GMT), after an armed man managed to enter the building where the art exhibition was held, where he presented himself as a policeman, according to various news sources. .

Video footage showed the attacker shooting Karloff while he was giving a speech at the art gallery.

The perpetrator of the assassination of the Russian ambassador is called "Mauloud Mert Altin Tash", and he - according to the Turkish Minister of Interior - is 22 years old and was born in the western state of Aidan, and has been working in the anti-riot forces in Ankara for two and a half years. At the time, the Turkish authorities indicated, through their officials, that the attacker belonged to the Fethullah Gulen network, which Ankara says had masterminded a failed coup in July 2016.

A senior Turkish security official told Reuters about "very strong evidence," and said that the investigation focused on the gunman's links. Gulen Network.

And Turkey decided - as its foreign minister revealed to his Russian counterpart - to name the assassinated ambassador on the street where the Russian embassy is located in Ankara, in honor of his memory.

Turkish and Russian officials unanimously agreed that the incident aims to hit Turkish-Russian relations, which began to improve after a diplomatic crisis between the two countries, following Turkey's downing of a Russian fighter plane near the border with Syria in November 2015.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu considered that "the main goal of the killer was to harm Russian-Turkish relations and stop the progress achieved through our joint efforts...", while his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, said that the killing of the ambassador was "aimed at trying to obstruct the war against terrorism in Syria."

The head of the Russian Investigative Center, Alexander Bastrykin, announced that former policeman Mevlut Altintash, who shot Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov at a photo exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Art, had carefully planned and prepared for the killing.

Investigators studied the path that the killer took, as it turned out that he had studied the event in which the Russian diplomat was involved.

On the eve of the crime, he took a leave of absence from his work in the hospital. On the day of the crime, the killer booked a hotel room near the exhibition venue.

At that time, the Turkish Public Prosecution also accused the “Fethullah Gulen” movement of being behind the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Ankara, Andrei Karlov, and described the crime as a provocative act against Russian and Turkish relations. the details:

• The accusations came in a 609-page list, completed by the Public Prosecution (Friday) and sent to the Criminal Court in Ankara.

• The Public Prosecution demanded the imposition of life imprisonment and prison sentences of various periods on 28 suspects, including the leader of the movement, "Fethullah Gulen".

• The Public Prosecution filed charges against the suspects, including “violating the constitutional order,” “belonging to a terrorist organization,” “committing murder motivated by intimidation,” and “shooting with weapons to spread fear, panic, and anxiety.”

• The Public Prosecution confirmed that the assassination of the Russian ambassador was a "provocative act aimed at undermining relations between Turkey and Russia." However, since Karlov's assassination, relations between Türkiye and Russia have steadily improved.

• Nearly two years after the shooting death of the Russian ambassador, Andrei Karlov, in December 2016, the Turkish Public Prosecution Office charged 28 suspects in the case, including the preacher Fethullah Gulen, who resides in the United States.

• The twenty-eight suspects are accused of "violating the constitutional order," "joining a terrorist organization," "premeditated murder with the aim of intimidation," and "seeking to create terror and panic."

• The Public Prosecution requested the imposition of varying penalties on the suspects, including severe penalties of life imprisonment, which is the punishment that replaced the death penalty in Turkey.

• The Turkish authorities have repeatedly accused Gulen and his "service" organization of being behind the killing of the Russian ambassador, and said that the assassination was a plan carried out by Gulen's network.

• After all this time, the fingers returned to pointing at the same instigators, as Turkish media reported that it was proven, after following up the case and deporting it, that the Gulen organization was behind the incident and behind it was the United States of America, which wanted to harm the Russian-Turkish relations, but in any case it did not succeed in that. .