Russian-Turkish business and military projects worth tens of billions of dollars may be frozen due to Turkey's downing of a Russian Su-24 on Tuesday, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported, referring to high-ranking government sources.
According to the sources, Moscow will slap "tough" measures against Ankara, in a move that will have a serious impact on Russian-Turkish relations in many fields.
In particular, the Russian energy giant Gazprom will decide on further implementing the 11.4 billion euro Turk Stream gas pipeline project. According to Reuters, Russia is currently Turkey's principal supplier of natural gas; Ankara buys 28-30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of the 50 bcm it consumes annually from Russia.
In addition, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom may freeze the 22-billion-dollar deal to construct Turkey's first nuclear power plant, the Akkuyu.
On Tuesday, the Russian Federal Tourism Agency Rosturism recommended that the country's tour operators suspend selling tickets to Turkey, citing an ever-increasing terrorist threat. Earlier that day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov advised the country's citizens against visiting Turkey.According to Reuters, "Russia is the source of the second-largest number of [the country's] tourist arrivals after Germany."...
(Sputnik)
25/11/15
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The Russian Association of Travel Agencies says several Russian agencies have stopped selling package tours to Turkey...
ReplyDeleteTurkey, along with Egypt, has long been a top destination for Russian tourists.
The travel industry group said in a statement Wednesday that several major travel agencies are no longer selling tours to Turkey following an official travel warning about a potential threat to Russian citizens there. The move comes a day after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, provoking Moscow's indignation.
Travel association vice-president Dmitry Gorin was quoted by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency as saying he expects the agencies will have to reimburse to 6,000 tourists whose vacations will be cancelled..........ctvnews.ca