
In Krasnodar, 39 citizens of Turkey were detained for violation of migration legislation, the Kuban State Traffic Safety Center reports . All of them took part in the agro -industrial exhibition "Yugagro", where they represented the products of Turkish companies. Businessmen arrived in Russia as tourists without issuing business visas.
"A business visa is provided for Turkish citizens if they call on the territory of Russia to carry out labor activities or for commercial purposes, as in this case," said the UFMS officer Vartan Ter -Sahakyan.
According to businessmen, they did not know that they violated the law. “When we went through customs control, we asked us for what purpose we arrived in Russia. We said that we came to the exhibition. We asked where to put a checkmark, we were told, write how tourists,” one of them said. Turkish citizens will have to pay a fine of two to five thousand rubles. In addition, they will be expelled from Russia.
Turkish citizens had problems when entering Russia, the press service of the Turkish embassy in Moscow said . In particular, Russian border guards refused to skip 30 businessmen. They Buli are forced to return to Turkey.
"These are ordinary businessmen. They arrived at some fairs. They were told on the border that they have wrong visas. Since they are not tourists, they supposedly need a work visa," the press service employee said. He added that a lot of messages from Turkish citizens about the frequent inspections of documents are received at the embassy.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the Russian government will develop economic sanctions against Turkey within two days in response to the attack of the Turkish Air Force on the Russian Su-24. The import of Turkish products, including food, will be limited or prohibited. The work of Turkish companies in Russia will also be limited. Joint investment projects will be frozen, and negotiations on the provision of Turkey will be terminated.