Anton Nosik: "Sanctions against Turkey"

“Thought number one: Turkey needs to be punished terribly so that everyone there feels the pain.

Thought number two: we exported 25 billion a year worth of Russian products there. And we imported only 6.97 billion. That is, for starters, we will punish ourselves with 18.1 billion dollars in export earnings. And the bastard Turks will not only replace our imports, but also demand damages from us in international arbitration for an unjustified withdrawal from contractual obligations. Zhirinovsky's demand to launch a nuclear strike on Istanbul is never a basis for exemption from liability under a contract under international commercial law. Whatever penalty is stated in the contracts, that’s what we will be ordered to pay.”