All posts tagged "Embargo"

(Updates with details, background) By Orhan Coskun and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA, May 26 (Reuters) – In a bid to resolve a trade row with Russia, Turkey has proposed Moscow lifts its ban on imported Turkish tomatoes during periods when Russian growers are unable to produce their own. “We understand Russia would like...

Along a fertile stretch of the northeastern Mediterranean, row after row of once-plump tomatoes are rotting on the vine. The fallout from the war in Syria is creeping further into Turkey, where the sanctions Vladimir Putin imposed after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s forces downed a Russian jet 16 months ago are pushing...

The EU reconfirmed the extension of economic sanctions on Russia until the 31st of January 2017. This...