Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on measures to ensure national security and the application of special economic measures against Turkey. The document was published on the official website of the Kremlin.
The Decree introduces a ban or restriction of the activities of organizations that operate in Russia under the jurisdiction of Turkey. This is a ban on the exercise of certain types of work and services specified by the Government.
Putin also prohibited employers from hiring workers from among Turkish citizens to January 1, 2016. We are talking about the citizens of Turkey, who are not in labor or civil relations with employers as of December 31, 2015.
In addition, the president ordered to ban or restrict the import to Russia of certain types of Turkish goods. The list should also determine the government. While it is clear only that the measure does not concern the goods that citizens will be imported from Turkey for personal use.
The President instructed to tighten control over the activities of Turkish carriers in Russia to ensure security. The paper noted that tour operators should refrain from selling permits, which include a visit to Turkey (recommendations the Foreign Ministry and the Federal Tourism Agency to refrain from selling tours in Turkey were made earlier).
Vladimir Putin instructed the government to introduce a ban on charter aircraft transportation between the two countries.
The presidential decree provides for partial suspension from January 1, 2016 visa-free regime between the two countries. This will affect Turkish citizens who enter Russia. The President instructed the Foreign Ministry to notify Ankara.
Mr Putin also instructed to ensure transport safety seaport in the Azov-Black Sea basin.
Presumably, in the near future, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will sign a government decree . This document will specify the specific economic measures introduced in response to a downed Su-24.
The bomber Su-24, who took part in a military operation in Syria, was shot down near the Turkish-Syrian border on November 24. Ankara claimed that aircraft violated the country’s airspace. Moscow denied this information, saying that the Su-24 all the time in the Syrian sky.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident “stab in the back”. He said that the incident seriously affect the relations between Moscow and Ankara.
blow to partner
A set of proposals that affect specific categories Turkish goods are still in the relevant ministries and departments, on Monday they probably will report to the Prime Minister, but the final decisions will not immediately told RBC source of financial and economic block of the government. According to another interlocutor in the government, discussed the list of restrictions on Turkish goods will be wider than the existing list of food kontrsanktsy against countries that impose restrictions against Russia because of the Crimea. Officially, representatives of ministries and departments responsible for the development of measures, this theme did not comment on Friday.
So far, Turkey – the fifth-largest trading partner of Russia. The turnover of 2014 reached $ 31 billion in the first nine months of 2015 – $ 18.1 billion. Of these, the import of Turkish goods had slightly more than $ 3 billion. The largest import items – products of vegetable origin.
The general structure of the Russian food imports to Turkey in 2014 had 4%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. For ten months of 2015, Turkey imported in the Russian food at $ 1 billion. The largest category – tomatoes and citrus, they accounted for more than half of the supply.
Other large Turkish imports – a fabric and textile: many Russian clothes and shoe retailers place orders for factories in Turkey (for the first nine months of 2015 from Turkey to Russia imported fabrics and textiles for almost $ 514 million and shoes for about $ 48 million).
Construction of Turkish workers without
It is already clear that sanctions are a blow to Turkish construction companies operating in Russia. According to the Federal Migration Service, as of November 5, 2015 in Russia there were 87,680 Turkish citizens (46 000 of them – men aged from 30 to 49 years). As of April, the Ministry of Labour issued for 54,730 Turkish workers quota (more than 23% of the issued quotas). With this indicator, Turkey became the second after China supplier workers in Russia.
The main employers of Turkish citizens in the Russian – Turkish construction companies and their Russian “Daughter»: Yamata, Renaissance Construction, Gemont, Esta Construction. Each of them this year requested permission to work from 1 to 6 thousand. People – from simple masons to senior staff.
We agencies have proposals concerning the restrictions in the construction sector, he said on Friday, one of the interlocutors RBC government, without disclosing details. The head of the Ministry of Construction Mikhail Men on Thursday told RBC that does not rule out leaving the Russian construction market of Turkish companies: “In a segment of real estate, especially commercial, working quite a lot of Turkish companies, and we do not rule out that some of them will leave the implementation of major projects in the country. Trust them as partners undermined “(more about which projects in Russia may lose Turkish builders here).
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