This Article is From Nov 27, 2015

Russian Prime Minister Orders Retaliatory Economic Measures Against Turkey

Russian Prime Minister Orders Retaliatory Economic Measures Against Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a visit to the newly opened museum of Boris Yeltsin in Yekaterinburg, Russia on November 25, 2015. (Reuters)

Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Russian government to draw up measures that would include freezing some joint investment projects with Turkey, in retaliation for the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey.

He also told a meeting of cabinet ministers today that the measures would include restrictions on food imports from Turkey.
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