President of Russia lifted restrictions on Turkish companies working in Russia

31 May 2017, Wednesday

Vladimir Putin signed a Decree abolishing a number of special economic measures against Turkey. This is stated in a message on the Kremlin's website.

In particular, changes are made to the Decree No. 583 of November 28, 2015 “On Measures to Ensure the National Security of the Russian Federation and on the Protection of Citizens of the Russian Federation against Criminal and Other Illegal Acts and on the Application of Special Economic Measures against the Republic of Turkey”. The document lift prohibitions or restrictions for Turkish companies to perform certain types of work, the list of which was set by the government. In addition, the ban of January 1, 2016 on hiring Turkish citizens for employment in Russia is also lifted.

The document states partial resumption of the agreement of 2010 on reciprocal travel of Russian and Turkish citizens. Vladimir Putin ordered the introduction of a visa-free travel for Turkish citizens who are members of the crews of Turkish aircraft or having service passports and sent to Russia on short-term business trips, as well as members of their families, “subject to the adoption by the Republic of Turkey, on the basis of reciprocity, similar measures in relation to citizens of the Russian Federation having valid service passports”.

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