The Turkish government, apparently changed course after the earthquakes and the economic damage of 100 billion dollars, seeking help from the West, being forced to change its practice by banning the re-importation of foreign products to Russia through Turkish territory.
These are raw materials and high-tech products (USA-Canada) which the Russian economy and the defense industry need, and which reached Russian hands through Turkish companies.
In this context, Ankara changes policy and embargoes Russia on foreign raw materials, increasing anger in Moscow, which is simply waiting for the Turkish elections to decide its stance.
Yesterday, the Turkish government distributed catalogs to local companies, in which we have lists of foreign products that are prohibited from being given to Russia, Reuters reports, citing the head of the Iron Ore Union of Istanbul, Cetin Tejdelioglu.
"The Turkish government gave the companies a list of products and they are prohibited from being given to Russia from March 1," the source said.
The products included in the list are produced in any territory, but from now on they will not be able to be delivered to Russia, unless the product is produced in Turkey using foreign parts, because then it is not covered by the ban.
Before that, Turkish media reported that the country's authorities decided to ban the refueling and maintenance of US-made aircraft from Russia and Belarus. However, these figures were later denied by the Ministry of Transport of Russia.
On March 9, it became known that Ankara blocked the transit of goods subject to sanctions to Russia. The parallel import programs, which the Russian authorities allowed to be used to circumvent sanctions, have now "escalated" to Turkish customs.
Essentially, Turkey prohibits the supply of goods from the United States to Russia through Turkish territory. "The supply of American products is impossible with the indication of the real country of origin of the goods," said Turkish market players.
Turkey pledged to the US not to circumvent sanctions on Russia
"Turkey has partially resumed the transit of Western products subject to sanctions to Russia, but problems persist with the re-export of American and Canadian products," writes Russian newspaper Kommersant.
"Since March 17, Turkish partners report the restoration of the transit customs system," said Yulia Slenskaya, head of Russia's customs system.
"Although some Turks continue to speculate on this issue, saying that everything is complicated and very individualized, they consider that the price for Turkey is high," added Alexei Chernusev, AKFA's commercial director.
"The company "Optimaloga" managed to arrange the transit of European goods, however, when the country of origin is "America" it was written in the declaration that re-export to Russia is prohibited", said general manager Georgios Vlastopoulos.
According to him, products can be exported specifying another state and not Russia.
"As far as we know, most of the problems have been eliminated and both the export goods, which had no problems at all, and the transit goods are being shipped normally," announced the F+ tech-Marvel group, noting that there were no delays in their company.
In early March, Turkey blocked the transit of goods subject to sanctions for parallel imports into Russian territory.
Experts interviewed by foreign media clarified that the first refusals to process transit cargo, where Russia is indicated as the country of destination, began on March 6.
Trade between Russia and Turkey rose to $9.3 billion last year from $5.8 billion a year earlier.
The European Union has begun exploring ways around the sanctions, with Brussels and Washington in March agreeing to "aggressively" oppose the supply of sanctioned products to Russia through third countries.
Ankara has vowed not to circumvent sanctions against Moscow, and US authorities have threatened to take action against violators of the restrictions in Turkey.
