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Russia's ties with Turkey suffered a severe blow when a Turkish
fighter shot down a Russian bomber near the Turkish-Syrian
border in November, a move described by Russian President
Vladimir Putin as "a stab in the back".
Minister Nikolai Nikiforov's Instagram account was blocked by
"The Börteçine Cyber Team" hackers, according to screenshots of
the account, published by Russian and Turkish media and
featuring Turkish flags, a portrait of Turkey's founding father
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and a warplane.
Instagram, where users post their pictures and videos, later
restored Nikiforov's account and his profile photo, but the
minister complained that the technical support team had not
reacted to the incident for more than nine hours.
Putin said he saw no way of improving ties with Turkey's
leadership, while Moscow imposed economic sanctions on Ankara.
Turkish media reports suggested in late December that Russian
hackers could be behind recent cyberattacks on Turkish internet
servers handling more than 300,000 websites.
On Dec. 25, Turkish banks reported sporadic disruption to credit
card transactions, with local media repeating suggestions that
the bombardment of public and financial websites could be coming
from Russia, or staged by hacking group Anonymous.
(This story has been refiled to restyle headline)
(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Additional reporting by Nick
Tattersall in Istanbul; editing by Ralph Boulton)
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