Russia targeted Turkey’s economy with a range of sanctions on Thursday in a bout of angry retaliation over the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet by the Turkish air force.
Rosselkhoznadzor, the agricultural and food security watchdog, said all agricultural and food products imported from Turkey would now be subjected to laboratory checks. The consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, said it had pulled Turkish products, including meat and fruit, from shop shelves following health safety checks.
Moscow also moved ahead on cutting tourism ties. The foreign ministry published a travel warning on its website which recommended that Russians refrain from visiting Turkey and those visiting now return home “due to the terrorist threats that persist on the territory of Turkey”. Oleg Safonov, head of the federal tourism agency, told reporters that co-operation with Turkey in the tourist sector would be discontinued.