Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Moscow extends sanctions against Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending Moscow’s economic sanctions against Turkey, Kremlin officials say.

The decree, signed on Monday, is to implement unenforced sanctions initially imposed on Turkey on November 28 together with a set of new measures to come into force as of January 1, 2016.

Russia’s primary sanctions against Turkey came four days after the Turkish military on November 24 brought down a Russian Sukhoi aircraft, which as Ankara claimed, violated the Turkish airspace near the Syrian border. Moscow rejected the claim .... http://www.presstv.ir