MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree adopting a series of retaliatory economic measures against Turkey over the downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured on Nov 24, 2015.
The sanctions are "aimed at ensuring national security and that of Russian citizens" and included a ban on charter flights between the two countries and on Russian businesses hiring any new Turkish nationals as well as visa restrictions, according to a text of the decree released by the Kremlin.