Russia Seeks Calculated Retaliation Against Turkey

In retaliation against the downing of its fighter jet, the Russian government said Thursday it was drawing up a series of sanctions against Turkey affecting exports and imports, tourism and diplomatic relations between the two countries severely impacting the more than US$30 billion in trade ties between the two countries.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to put together a sanctions plan and response measures against Turkey. "The government has been ordered to work out a system of response measures to this act of aggression in the economic and humanitarian spheres," which may include "limits or bans" on "foodstuffs, labor, and services from Turkish companies," Medvedev said.

“We don’t need to apologize on an occasion on which we are right,” Çavuşoğlu said. “But we said on the phone [Nov. 25] that we are sorry,”

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Meanwhile, Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Moscow could put limits on flights to and from Turkey, halt preparations for a joint free trade zone, and restrict high-profile projects including the TurkStream gas pipeline and a US$20 billion nuclear power plant Russia is building in Turkey.

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Also on Thursday, after talks with French President Francois Hollande in Moscow, Putin said his country was ready to cooperate with the United States and its allies in their efforts against their “mutual enemy” Islamic State group, however, he warned that any act like Turkey downing the Russian warplane would see Russia halting collaboration with anyone.

“And we proceed from the position that there will be no repeat of this, otherwise we’ll have no need of cooperation with anybody, any coalition, any country,” he said.

While many speculated an emotional or unpredictable response by Moscow against Turkey over the downing of the jet, Putin seems to be planning a calculated and level-headed response that would punish Ankara economically as well as turning its allies against it.

Turkish officials and businessmen have already reported a crackdown on their interests as Russian authorities were raiding Turkish companies in the country, tour operators halting tour sales to Turkey and Turkish tourists, who do not need a visa to enter Russia, reported being denied entry into Russia.

"Turkish companies in Russia, particularly construction companies, are being raided," a Turkish executive with a manufacturing company active in Russia told Al-Jazeera, on condition of anonymity.

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Also, Osman Bagdatlioglu, the chairman of Turkey's Ornamental Plants and Products Exporters Union, told Al-Jazeera that several trucks loaded with flowers returned back to Turkey on Wednesday after Russian authorities blocked their entry into the country.

Meanwhile, the head of Russia's tourism agency, Rostourism, said cooperation with Turkey would "obviously" be halted. Russia’s biggest tour operator Natali Tours already suspended the sales of packages to Turkey.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed later Thursday that diplomatic missions and Turkish business interests in Russia had come under attack and said Russia's ambassador in Ankara had been summoned in protest.

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While maintaining a defiant stance and refusing calls by Putin to apologize, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seemed to feel the the backlash.

"We are strategic partners ... 'Joint projects may be halted, ties could be cut'? Are such approaches fitting for politicians?" Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara.

"First the politicians and our militaries should sit down and talk about where errors were made and then focus on overcoming those errors on both sides. But instead, if we make emotional statements like this, that wouldn't be right."

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