BAKU, Nov 29 – Russia will suspend the visa-free regime with Turkey from Jan 1, 2016, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday, according to RIA Novosti, Azerbaijan’s Trend news agency reported. He said Russia’s leadership decided to suspend a visa-free regime between Russia and Turkey. He added that this decision will enter into force on Jan 1, 2016.
In the meantime, the minister also added that this was not a far-fetched threat. On the contrary, he said these threats are real. Turkey-Russia relations deteriorated after the the Russian Su-24 warplane incident, which was shot down by the Turkish Air Force on Nov 24.
