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Articles with tag "Turkey"

Turkey Quietly Blocks Military-Linked Goods Exports to Russia After U.S. Warnings – FT

Turkey’s electronic customs system reportedly stopped allowing the shipment of items like processors and memory cards found in Russian missiles and drones...
opinion Saahil Menon

Ending 'Golden Visas' Will Hold Rich Russians Like Durov Accountable

Western governments must tighten the screws on jurisdictions that commoditize nationality and residence permits, given the unsavory clientele these schemes...
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Moscow Car Bomb Suspect Extradited From Turkey, Says Planned to Flee to Ukraine

Authorities accuse Yevgeny Serebryakov of injuring two people in an explosion in northern Moscow on Wednesday morning.
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Putin Meets With Syrian President Assad in Moscow

It was the first time the two leaders met since March of last year and comes as Turkey appears interested in normalizing relations with Damascus.
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Turkish Police Arrest Man Suspected of Organizing Bomb Attack in Moscow

Russian media reported that the target of Wednesday morning’s attack was GRU military intelligence officer Andrei Torgashev.
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Turkish Court Acquits Man Suspected of Murdering Russian Feminist Activist

Mohammad Nizar Arnabeh was arrested in September after Yemelyanova was found dead in their shared apartment in eastern Turkey.
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Russia Agrees to Remove Some Troops, Border Guards From Armenia

Russian guards would remain on Armenia's borders with Turkey and Iran, said the Kremlin.
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Russia Urges Citizens to Avoid Flying Turkish Airlines to Latin America

Moscow's Embassy in Ankara accused the airline of turning away Russian passengers from flights to Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Panama without explanation...
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Turkish Banks Close Russian Corporate Accounts Over Secondary Sanctions – Vedomosti

At least two Turkish banks started closing the accounts of a “significant number” of Russian companies and banks after the U.S. threatened to blacklist...
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Chinese, Turkish Companies Supplying Russia With Key Gunpowder Component

An analysis of customs data by The Moscow Times' Russian service found that shipments of nitrocellulose have surged despite sanctions.
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Soaring Turkish Exports of Military-Linked Goods to Russia Raise Western Concerns – FT

Turkish exports are labeled as being destined for Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, but authorities there do not report increased...
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Turkey Imports, Resells Coal from Russia-Annexed Ukrainian Regions – Reuters

Though Turkey refuses to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as Russian, it has not imposed trade restrictions like fellow NATO members.
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Turkey Casts Doubt on Need for New Russian Gas Hub

Putin first raised the idea of creating "a gas hub in Turkey for supplies to other countries" during talks with Erdogan in Kazakhstan last October.
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Putin Says Free Grain Exports to Africa to Begin in 'Weeks'

He said Russia was ready to return to the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal "as soon" as restrictions on its own exports were lifted.
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Putin and Erdogan to Meet in Attempt to Avoid Food Crisis, Black Sea Confrontation

A source close to the Russian Foreign Ministry told The Moscow Times that he hoped the leaders could reach an agreement, but admitted it would not be easy...
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Erdogan to Meet With Putin Monday Amid Grain Deal Revival Hopes

"Negotiations will indeed take place in Sochi on Monday," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.
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Erdogan to Visit Russia for Talks with Putin – Ankara

The Turkish president seeks to revive a deal to ship Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea and to use it as a springboard for broader peace talks.
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Hundreds of Russian Tourists Stranded in Turkey After Planes Break Down

Russian authorities said 410 people have been stuck in Turkey for at least 48 hours after multiple flights were canceled.
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Ukraine Grain Deal ‘De Facto’ Over – Kremlin

Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists that Russia's part of the agreements had "not been implemented so far, so it’s terminated."
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Russia Slams Repatriation of Ukrainian Troops From Turkey

"The return of Azov commanders...is nothing but a direct violation of the terms of existing agreements," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
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