Return from the wrong ones

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended citizens of the country who are in Turkey to return to their homeland. The official statement is published on the website of the Foreign Ministry.

"In connection with the terrorist threats preserved in Turkey, we confirm the recommendation of Russian citizens to refrain from visiting the Turkish Republic, and we recommend that Russians return to their homeland with personal goals," the document says.

On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov canceled his visit to Turkey after the attack of the Turkish Air Force on the Russian Su-24 aircraft. The Foreign Ministry does not recommend Russian citizens to go to the Turkish Republic , the minister said. The terrorist threat from Turkey is growing, the minister explained, noting that it was no less than from Egypt, Lavrov noted.

Even before Lavrov’s statement, one of the largest Russian tour operators, Natalie Tours, decided to suspend the sale of tours to Turkey "in connection with an unstable political situation and in accordance with the measures undertaken by the state to ensure the security of Russian citizens." In Turkey, up to 10 thousand Russian tourists can now be, said Irina Tyurina, spokeswoman for the Russian Union of Trade.

On Wednesday, the Federal Tourism Agency forbade tour operators sell tours to Turkey due to the threat of terrorism. "In the Turkish Republic, circumstances have developed that seriously compliance with the adoption of measures to protect Russian citizens and the provision of patronage by them by the Russian Federation," the report said. The agency warned that the provision of travel services to Turkey "is a gross violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation and entails the application of legal liability measures to guilty persons."

Rostourism reminded that in connection with new circumstances, Russian tourists have the right to demand the termination of the contract on the sale of a tourist product or a change in its conditions in connection with a significant change in circumstances. Tourists have the right to demand 100 percent of the return of the funds paid earlier.

On Thursday, the head of Rostourism Oleg Safonovsaid that Russian-Turkish cooperation in the tourism sector would be stopped. He also promised that his department would apply sanctions to tour operators continuing to sell tournapons to Turkey. According to Safonov, Russia's tourist companies will not suffer serious losses in the near future because of this prohibition, since there are a low season in Turkish resorts. Türkiye, having lost Russian tourists, will lose about $ 10 billion during the year.