MED submitted to the Cabinet list does not fall under the sanctions of the Russian-Turkish contracts – Sight

The Government submitted a list of Russian-Turkish contracts that do not fall under the sanctions, said Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Likhachev.

According to him, the list of hundreds of companies, including Sberbank application. “They are in the government, I think, have already been made,” – he said. Likhachev said that we are talking about hundreds of contracts. Among the largest contracts he called the Savings Bank.

«Inquiries were hundreds, let alone what the government decides,” – concluded Likhachev, reports TASS.

Russia-Turkey relations are in crisis after November 24 the Russian Su-24 fighter was shot down the F-16 Turkish Air Force in Syria on the border with Turkey. The crew managed to eject, but Parachute pilot Oleg Peshkov shot in the air fighters. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the incident with the Russian Su-24 in Syria “stab in the back” that caused accomplices of terrorists.

November 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to ensure national security and economic measures against Turkey. In particular, the president ordered a ban on charter air transportation between the two countries, forbade employers from 1 January 2016 to recruit Turkish workers, decided to prohibit or restrict the activities under the jurisdiction of the Turkish companies in Russia and ordered to prohibit or restrict the importation of some Turkish goods. December 1 decree of the Russian government was made public in the development of this decree.

The list of Turkish goods, import of which is prohibited, includes parts of carcases and offal of chickens and turkeys, fresh and chilled tomatoes, onions and shallots, cauliflower and cabbage, broccoli, cucumbers and gherkins, fresh and dried oranges and tangerines, grapes, apples, pears, apricots, peaches and nectarines, plums and sloes, strawberries and strawberry, as well as salt and cloves.

4 February the head of the Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said that the ministry has left proposals for additional restrictions for Turkish companies.