Washington: With the war of words between the two nations escalating since the downing of the Russian jet by Turkey, President Vladimir Putin hit out at the Turkish leadership saying, that `Allah` was punishing their leaders by stripping off their `sanity` and depriving them of `intelligence`.
According to the Washington Post, Putin made the statement while delivering his annual state of the union address in Russia.
"Only Allah knows why they did it, and I guess Allah decided to punish the ruling clique in Turkey by stripping it of its sanity," Putin said about the downing of the jet in an hour-long address to Russian lawmakers and other public figures.Putin had earlier alleged that Islamisation had been `creeping` in under the nose of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
