Firstly, Turkey is a member of NATO, so it participates in the military exercises of NATO; it is common, however, for the Russians and NATO members, to intercept planes by jet fighters especially in the Baltic Sea, a trend having been continuing ever since the Cold War.
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In locking horns over Syria, Russia and Turkey are playing out the latest chapter in a rivalry that has spanned centuries. This year, Russia’s contribution to Turkey’s tourism revenue is expected to be around $2.7 billion.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic sent a telegram to Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing his condolences following the downing of the Russian bomber that killed a pilot and a marine.
Turkey’s first nuclear power plant at Akkuyu will be built in the country’s southern province of Mersin on the Mediterranean coast by the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom at a cost of $22 billion.
I am ascertained that tact and discretion of both sides will solve the recently-born problem of Russian jet, to bolster the unanimous front against the biggest problem of the world which is terrorism, said Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday. The company imports 25% of the fresh produce from Turkey, “We can certainly adapt, but an embargo will not benefit consumers”. With Russia’s economy already battered by low oil prices and European sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, shutting out another major trading partner risked further braking its slow recovery.
According to the official, the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism, Rosturizm, will impose sanctions on tour operators if they continue selling trips to Turkey.
“We can not lose theRussianmarket which is the second largest source of Turkey’s tourism sector”.
Since Tuesday, there has been a flurry of Russian restrictions on ostensibly unsafe Turkish food and calls to patriotic buyers to avoid Turkish produce.
Cyprus has said that no solution is possible with even one Turkish soldier on its soil and with the 1960 system of worldwide guarantees by Britain, Greece and Turkey in place. Hundreds of Turkish trucks are reportedly stuck in the neutral zone between Russian Federation and Georgia as a result.
Russian authorities have begun to turn away vehicles with Turkish license plates at a border crossing with the Caucasus nation of Georgia, the Georgian government said Thursday.
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“This is only natural in the light of Turkey’s unpredictable actions”, Peskov said.
