“According to the competent agencies, leaders of the ISIS terrorist group plan to take hostages from among Russian citizens in Turkey,” it said in a statement.
“Hostages can be transferred on to territories controlled by militants to hold public executions and to be used as human shields in combat with Syrian government and coalition forces,” it added.
“Therefore we draw the attention of all independent tourists departing for Turkey to the necessity of taking all possible measures to ensure personal security.”
Turkey had been Russia’s number one foreign tourism destination for years but this came to an abrupt end following the shooting down of a Russian military plane by Turkish jets on the Syria-Turkey border in November.
The warning essentially targets all remaining Russian tourists in Turkey, as organized tours by travel agencies were banned by Moscow as part of a raft of retaliatory measures in the wake of the jet downing.
The incident sparked a crisis in relations between Moscow and Ankara, with the Kremlin accusing the Turkish leadership of essentially funding Islamic State jihadists.
Russia reintroduced entry visas for Turks and slapped sanctions on several Turkish products...
AFP
alarabiya.net
27/1/16
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