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'Russian investigators fly to Turkey to probe envoy murder'

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Russian investigators today flew out to Turkey to help probe the killing of the country's ambassador in Ankara Andrei Karlov, the Kremlin told local news agencies.

"Eighteen people will work in the group. The group will act in Turkey within the framework of the investigation into the murder," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that leaders Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan had agreed the move in a phone call yesterday.

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First Published: Dec 20 2016 | 2:07 PM IST

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