Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Summary: Russia imposed a tourism ban on Turkey in apparent retribution for Turkeyâs support of Ukraine. But the travel sanctions may be an own goal.
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On April 12, Russia announced it was suspending all but two weekly flights to Turkey, ostensibly in response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey. Russian public health chief Anna Popova explained the decision by saying that 80 percent of COVID-19 cases among Russians returning from abroad came from Turkey.