transcript has just been released of the communication between Russian navy ship and the Turkish freighter:
Russian ship: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a Collision.
Turkish ship: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
Russian ship: This is the Captain of a Russian Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course. We are armed with 200 nuclear missiles, Putin will be pissed if you don't move out of our way!
Turkish ship: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
... 5 mins later...
