Ankara recommended Turks on Saturday to avoid any non -urgent displacement in Russia, in the midst of a crisis between the two countries caused by the destruction of a Russian military plane by Turkey on the Syrian border.
This warning was launched due to “difficulties encountered by Turkish citizens who travel or reside“In Russia and is valid”until the situation is clarified“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Relations between Ankara and Moscow are going through a serious crisis since Turkish aviation shot down on Tuesday a Russian bomber near its border with Syria.
The Turks claim that the aircraft was flying in their airspace and indicates that it has repeatedly insisted on the order to turn around before opening the fire. On the contrary, the Russians assure that the SU-24 remained permanently in the Syrian sky and that it was never contacted by Turkish aviation before being shot.
-Moscow requires ankara apology, which refuses
Furious, Russia has been accusing Turkey since the incident of having started with IS and demands excuses, that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already excluded to present.
Moscow announced preparing economic retaliation measures against Ankara and decided to restore visas for the Turks to go to Russia from 1 January.
On Wednesday, several hundred demonstrators threw stones and broke windows from the Turkey Embassy in Moscow. Turkish citizens have also complained of having been arrested by the Russian police.
