Russia To End Visa-Free Travel With Turkey After Warplane Downed

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures while speaking to Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, back to a camera, during their talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow has decided to suspend visa-free travel with Turkey. Lavrov said Friday Turkey has been reluctant to share information with Moscow about it citizens accused of involvement in terrorist activities.

The move comes amid a bitter spat between Moscow and Ankara over a Russian warplane downed by Turkey on Tuesday.

Lavrov said the visa-free travel will be suspended starting from Jan. 1.

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  1. Avatar for edhedh edhedh says:

    Lavrov said Friday Turkey has been reluctant to share information with Moscow about it citizens accused of involvement in terrorist activities.

    and turkey countered: russia has been reluctant to share information with ankara about its army invading eastern ukraine.

  2. ISIS must be loving this – the Russians bombing non-ISIS Syrian opposition targets, Turkey shooting down the Russian plane, the U.S. trying to prop up Assad’s opponents as Russia tries to prop up Assad. And meanwhile, the Republicowards in the U.S. are doing ISIS’s bidding by rejecting Syrian refugees and throwing their weight behind the same “clash of civilizations” narrative that ISIS feeds on.

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