Wow, it looks like coward Putin is wimping out on israel. He refuses to blame israel and he now looks very weak in the eyes of Russia's enemies.

Putin on Israel’s role in Il-20 downing: Looks not deliberate, like chain of tragic circumstances

Published time: 18 Sep, 2018 13:08Edited time: 18 Sep, 2018 13:32

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The downing of the Russian Il-20 plane looks like “a chain of tragic circumstances,” Vladimir Putin said in response to a reporter’s question on whether it could be compared to Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet in 2015.

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“When people are dying – especially under such circumstances – it is always a tragedy,” President Putin said during a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Moscow on Tuesday.

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