The Russian ambassador to Turkey was killed in an attack at an art gallery in the Turkish capital Ankara today. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told journalists that Andrey Karlov, was injured when a gunman opened fire when he was about to deliver a speech on the opening of the exhibition "Russia in the eyes of Turks in Ankara today. Russian RIA news agency said he had died of his wounds in the hospital.<br/><br/>'The Anadolu news agency said the gunman had been "neutralised" soon after the attack, which appeared to mark one of the most serious spillovers of the Syria conflict in Turkey. Relations between Moscow and Ankara have long been fraught over the conflict, the two supporting opposing sides.<br/>