Putin allowed tourists to travel to Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that cancel the restrictions on the sale of Turputovka to Russians to Turkey. This was reported on the Kremlin website.

“[I instruct the Government of the Russian Federation] to take measures providing for the cancellation of the ban on charter air transportation between the Russian Federation and the Turkish Republic,” the text of the decree said.

Putin also instructed the government to negotiate with Ankara on the issues of foreign economic relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey.

Charter flights to Turkey and organized rest of Russian tourists in this country were banned in November 2015. This happened after Türkiye shot down the Russian bomber Su-24; As an official reason, possible terrorist threats were called. Then Russia imposed economic sanctions against Turkey.

After Turkey President Recep Erdogan apologized for the downed plane (the Turkish side insisted that it was regrets, not an apology), and the leaders of the countries agreed on a personal meeting, a quick lifting of prohibitions on vacation and economic restrictions was announced.