Russia Ratchets Up Retaliation Against Turkey After Jet Downing
- Measures may be only first step, Prime Minister Medvedev warns
- Russia to ban Turkish fruit, vegetable imports, check flights
Putin Signs Sanctions on Turkey Over the Weekend
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Russia expanded trade restrictions against Turkey and warned that the measures may be only the first stage of its retaliation over the downing of a jet near the border with Syria.
Imports of fruit and vegetables from Turkey will be banned, while cargo permits for Turkish trucking companies will be cut from 8,000 to 2,000, with a possible reduction to zero, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told a government meeting in Moscow on Monday. Shipments arriving at ports will be subject to increased controls, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said at the meeting.