The Turkish version of the Kremlin-run Sputnik multimedia news operation
speculates about links between the coup and the downing of a Russian
military jet on the Turkey-Syria border last November.
It cites Russian pundits, one of whom wonders whether one of the pilots of
the aircraft that downed the jet was involved in the coup. "It is possible
that [the pilots] became afraid when [Turkish] relations with Russia
improved. They may have tried to avoid punishment by becoming involved in
the coup."
