Russia: Turkey to potentially face Russian sanctions - PM Medvedev

• published: 26 Nov 2015
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Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev asked his cabinet to prepare potential sanctions against Turkey, following the shooting down of a Russian jet over Syria, an act he labelled as "definite" aggression, Thursday, from Moscow. SOT, Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia (Russian): "I want to say some words about one of the key themes of the last few days. I am referring to the destruction of our aircraft in Syria by the Turkish Air Force. A political assessment of this incident was given by the president and other people. I gave comments too. This was definitely an act of aggression against our country by Turkey, our neighbour and also still a member of the North Atlantic Alliance." SOT, Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia (Russian): "As a result, the government was tasked with developing a system of measures in the economic and humanitarian spheres to respond to this act of aggression. The choices will be made by 30 December 2006 and on the basis of the law concerning special economic measures." SOT, Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia (Russian): "In this document… In these documents, more correctly, there will be an outline of the imposition of restrictions and prohibitions on the activity of Turkey's economic structures on Russian territory. The restriction and prohibition of the supply of some products, including provisions on the performance of work and services by Turkish companies, and about other restrictive measures. The same measures can be applied to investment projects and partnership that were defined by a high level of credibility by Turkey." SOT, Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia (Russian): "I would like that the colleagues, who are responsible for the relevant areas of work with these restrictive measures, will prepare and submit their proposals as soon as possible. I mean the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Culture, Customs and other departments." SOT, Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia (Russian): "I suggest that this is done in two days in order to quickly go to the relevant procedures. The term [of the sanctions] will not be mentioned in the documents as this period will depend on the international situation and on security issues and, finally, on our relations with Turkey." Video ID: 20151126-042 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly