For the last few days a growing tension is occurring along the natural strait known as the Bosporus Channel when a Russian cargo ship was confronted by a Turkish submarine.
The channel is the shortest route for Russian ships to enter Syria.
There were also exchanges of coast guard bureaucratic red tapes from both countries holding up their commercial ships for days when sanctions were raised against Turkey.
That tension has gone higher today when a Russian soldier was seen holding a rocket launcher when a Russian warship navigated through the Turkish channel.
In addition to that, at least 50 Russian warships are being prepared for possible escalation of war with Turkey.
This is another proof that Russia is not taking any chances after its Su-24 was shot down without provocation and after the confrontation with a submarine along the channel.
Turkey decries sighting of Russian ‘soldier with manpad’ on ship passing Istanbul
Turkish social media have been circulating images claiming to show a Russian serviceman on a naval vessel passing by Istanbul holding what appears to be a rocket launcher. Ankara has slammed the reported incident as a “provocation”.
It is claimed to have taken place in the Bosporus with photos beginning to emerge online last Friday. They purportedly show a large Russian landing ship – the Caesar Kunikov – sailing by the Turkish city en route from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador over the reported incident, a Turkish official told Reuters.
“For a Russian soldier to display a rocket launcher or something similar while passing on a Russian warship is a provocation,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters Sunday.
“If we perceive a threatening situation, we will give the necessary response,” he added, according to Hurriyet.
The Turkish foreign ministry has also warned the Russian ambassador against any repeat of the incident, Reuters reports citing sources.
I took photos CaesarKunikov and RussianSoldier with manpads passing through Bosphorus.
4/12/15 15:15#russia #turkey pic.twitter.com/1M4OZZqYEj— Emre D. (@yemredagdeviren) December 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/alperboler/status/672831478552797184
While the Russian military has not commented on the incident, the ship in the pictures does, indeed, look like the Caesar Kunikov. The authenticity of the snaps purporting to show a Russian serviceman with a manpad cannot be independently verified at the moment.
https://twitter.com/alperboler/status/672836586485252096
It is also unclear whether the ship really did cross the Bosporus in recent days, as the Bosphorus Naval News reported it had passed by Istanbul “on her way to Syria” in late October. In late November it was captured by a Reuters photographer on its way back to the Black Sea.
Sailor on #ЧМФ Tsezar Kunikov poses with his MANPADS-possible 9K38 Igla-on the Bosphorus #UNPROFESSIONAL @mod_russia pic.twitter.com/nIevYjcUBj
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) December 4, 2015
Russian-Turkish relations have deteriorated since a Russian pilot was killed when a Turkish F-16 fighter shot down his Su-24 bomber near the Turkish-Syrian border on November 24. Moscow took a number of measures against Turkey following the incident, including imposing an embargo on some foods, suspending the visa-free travel regime between the two countries, and freezing the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project.
Russia has the right to use the Bosporus Strait, as well as the Dardanelles, according to the Montreux Convention of 1936 that grants such rights to all Black Sea powers.
https://www.rt.com/news/324956-russia-turkey-relations-manpad/
Turkish Sub Confronts Russian Ship in Dardanelles (VIDEO)
13:02 01.12.2015(updated 16:32 01.12.2015)
The Russian ship, which was passing from the Aegean Sea into the Sea of Marmara, is believed to have been on its way to the Black Sea. The video accompanying the news report was reportedly filmed in the city of Canakkale, on the southern coast of the Dardanelles, at their narrowest point.
The Turkish sub is said to have been accompanying a Turkish coast guard vessel.
The Turkish daily emphasized that this was a particularly tense moment, given the situation surrounding the Su-24 bomber shot down by the Turkish Air Force over Syria last week, which resulted in the deaths of two Russian servicemen, and a rapid cooling in relations between Ankara and Moscow.
The Dardanelles. The video showing the tense moment between the Yauza and the Turkish sub was shot from the Turkish city of Canakkale.
The video also comes on the heels of reports that two Turkish Navy subs are following the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, off coast of Syria. The Moskva is charged with protecting the Russian air base at Hmeymim in the Syrian province of Latakia.
The Yauza, a 14,400 ton, 133 meter transport vessel, formerly a polar logistic ship, was obtained by the Russian Navy earlier this year, received following an overhaul and deep modernization in May. The ship, built in the 1970s, is equipped with new diesel generators, new crane equipment, and new security, communications and navigation systems.
On Tuesday, a military diplomatic source told Russia’s RIA Novosti that Russian Navy ships are not experiencing any problems passing through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles at the moment, adding that the Yauza’s meeting with the Turkish sub was not out of the ordinary, given the heavy traffic in the transit zone.
http://sputniknews.com/asia/20151201/1031037798/turkish-sub-russian-ship.html
Combat Ready: Russian Caspian Flotilla Dispatches 50 Warships for Drills
12:28 07.12.2015(updated 12:29 07.12.2015
Crew members of the Russian Caspian Flotilla have commenced combat readiness exercises involving over 50 warships, the Southern Military District (SMD) said Monday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Two of the Caspian Flotilla’s active Gepard-class frigates and six Buyan-class corvettes were listed as taking part in the training.
“Crew members of over 50 ships and supply vessels began working out the first elements of the course tasks,” the SMD said.
The crew of the vessels taking part in the drills are carrying out exercises to prepare the ships for battle, as well as conducting damage control and air defense maneuvers.
Last week, the Caspian Flotilla’s marine battalion held counter-terrorist drills involving 200 service personnel and 20 units of military equipment.
http://sputniknews.com/military/20151207/1031351564/russia-caspian-drills.html
Unfortunately, another world war is inevitable, like death, but not yet. This follows from the biblical analysis. Let me remind here a fragment of an ancient vision: “And [the king of the north] will go back (to) his land with great wealth [1945. This detail indicated that Hitler will attack also the Soviet Union and will fight to the bitter end. In the beginning there were no signs of such the ending of this war]; and his heart (will be) against the holy covenant [hostility towards Christians]; and will act [it means activity in the international arena]; and turned back to his own land [1991-1993. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. Russian troops returned to their country]. At the appointed time [he] will return back.” (Daniel 11:28, 29a) The return of Russia in this context also means break up the European Union and NATO. Then many countries of the former Eastern block will return to Russia’s zone of influence. Russian troops will be stationed here again.
“And [the king of the north] will enter into the south, but it will not be as the former [2008 – Georgia] or as the latter [and now Ukraine], for the dwellers of coastlands of Kittim [USA, in the beginning without Britain] will come against him, and he will be dejected, and will go back.” (Daniel 11:29b, 30a)
What will induce the “king of the north” to enter into the south? Jesus said: “For nation will rise against nation”, as in 2008, and then will be U.S. intervention and global nuclear war. As Jesus foretold, it will be “the beginning of birth pains”. (Matthew 24:7, 8; Revelation 6:4)
In 1882 British troops occupied Egypt. Great Britain then took the role of “the king of the south”. Around the same time, Russia expanded its influence in the region, which previously belonged to Seleucus I Nicator, and took the role of “the king of the north”. (Daniel 11:27)
All the details of this vision are being fulfilled from the time of ancient Persia, in chronological order. It is true that this vision is variously interpreted. As one can see, it has a lot of details. Therefore the insightful person is able to detect any error or sophistry. (Daniel 12:10)
many predictions have been made, but they are only future possibilities, what should be obvious is that RUSSIA is not the enemy of the world, but AMERICA, BRITAIN and ISRAEL are, and once the rest of the world realise it and do something about it, like excluding AMERICA from EUROPE and its influence by blackmail and threats, and then and only then will we have world peace, stop America from bombing the eastern countries and you will stop immigration. that means stop the American war of genocide for the new world order.