【英语财经】俄罗斯对土耳其出台经济制裁措施 Russia retaliates against Turkey with range of trade sanctions

Russia targeted Turkey’s economy with a range of sanctions on Thursday in a bout of angry retaliation over the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet by the Turkish air force.

Rosselkhoznadzor, the agricultural and food security watchdog, said all agricultural and food products imported from Turkey would now be subjected to laboratory checks. The consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, said it had pulled Turkish products, including meat and fruit, from shop shelves following health safety checks.

Moscow also moved ahead on cutting tourism ties. The foreign ministry published a travel warning on its website which recommended that Russians refrain from visiting Turkey and those visiting now return home “due to the terrorist threats that persist on the territory of Turkey”. Oleg Safonov, head of the federal tourism agency, told reporters that co-operation with Turkey in the tourist sector would be discontinued.

Mr Safonov said Turkey had received revenues of about $10bn a year from Russian inbound tourism. “It’s absolutely clear that Turkey won’t be earning this money any more,” he said.

Russian authorities also cracked down on Turkish business travellers following the shooting down of the fighter jet after it veered into Turkish airspace on Tuesday.

A group of 39 Turkish businessmen were detained on Wednesday because they had entered the country on a tourist visa but attended an agricultural trade fair, the migration service in the southern region of Krasnodar said.

Meanwhile, the government said it was preparing a package of economic sanctions against Turkey. Dmitry Medvedev, Russian prime minister, instructed his cabinet to present proposals within two days on what other restrictions to impose.

Among the measures suggested by cabinet members on Thursday was closing Russian airspace and ports to Turkish companies, suspending an investment services agreement with Turkey, and suspending social and cultural exchanges.

Yet the Kremlin did not hide the fact that the measures were a response to Turkey’s downing of the Russian jet. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said the restrictions were due to “various reasons”, including a terrorist threat.

俄罗斯周四对土耳其经济实施一系列制裁措施，这是针对土耳其空军击落俄罗斯战斗机一事做出的愤怒报复。

俄罗斯农业和食品安全监管部门Rosselkhoznadzor表示，现在所有从土耳其进口的农产品和食品都将接受实验室检测。消费者保护机构Rospotrebnadzor表示在经过健康安全检查后，已从商店货架上撤下土耳其产品，包括肉类和水果。

俄罗斯还切断了两国的旅游业往来。俄罗斯外交部在其网站上发布旅游预警，建议俄罗斯人不要赴土耳其，并建议那些正在土耳其旅游的俄罗斯人回国，“因为土耳其领土上的恐怖主义威胁继续存在”。俄罗斯联邦旅游局局长奥列格?萨福诺夫(Oleg Safonov)告诉记者，与土耳其在旅游业的合作将停止。

萨福诺夫表示，土耳其每年从俄罗斯人赴土耳其旅游中获得约100亿美元的收入。他表示：“显然，土耳其肯定不会再获得这笔收入了。”

在周二俄罗斯战斗机进入土耳其领空被击落后，俄罗斯政府还对土耳其商务旅客予以打击。

俄罗斯南部地区克拉斯诺达尔移民机构称，周三有39位土耳其商人被拘留，因为他们是携带旅游签证进入俄罗斯的，但参加了一次农业贸易展会。

与此同时，俄罗斯政府表示正准备针对土耳其制定一系列经济制裁计划。俄罗斯总理德米特里?梅德韦杰夫(Dmitry Medvedev)命令其内阁在两天之内提交一份其他相关制裁提案。

在周四俄罗斯政府内阁成员提出的制裁措施中，包括针对土耳其企业关闭俄罗斯领空和港口、暂停与土耳其的投资服务协议以及暂停社会和文化交往。

然而，俄罗斯政府并未隐瞒这一事实：这些举措是对土耳其击落俄罗斯战机的回应。俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔?普京(Vladimir Putin)的发言人德米特里?巴斯科夫(Dmitry Peskov)表示，这些限制措施出于“多种原因”，包括恐怖主义威胁。

译者/梁艳裳