Turkey has around two weeks to decide whether to complete a complex arms deal with the U.S. or risk penalties by buying a Russian missile system.
Russia says it believes that Turkey has confirmed many times it wil buy the Russian missile system.
U.S. officials sees Ankara's purchase of the missile system as a pivot toward warmer ties with Moscow. Turkey's integration of the Russian S-400 system is also viewed as a direct threat to the security of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet program. According to CNBC's own sources, the U.S. State Department's offer to Ankara is the final one and will not be up for negotiation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "We regard this extremely negatively. We consider such ultimatums to be unacceptable, and we are going on the many statements made by representatives of Turkey's leadership headed by President Erdogan that the S-400 deal is already complete and will be implemented."
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