Russia has announced a package of economic sanctions against Turkey over the shooting down of a Russian jet on the Syrian border on Tuesday

Russia has announced a package of economic sanctions against Turkey over the shooting down of a Russian jet on the Syrian border on Tuesday

A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin (in Russian) covers imports from Turkey, the work of Turkish companies in Russia and any Turkish nationals working for Russian companies

The decree also calls for an end to charter flights between the countries

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to apologise to Russia

On Friday, he accused Moscow of "playing with fire" in its Syria operations. But on Saturday, he said he was "saddened" by the downing of the jet

Turkey and Russia have important economic links. Russia is Turkey’s second-largest trading partner, while more than three million Russian tourists visited Turkey last year

Mr Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday that there were close to 90,000 Turkish nationals working in Russia. Taking family members into account, that figure rises to 200,000, he said

The decree also urges Russian tour operators to refrain from selling packages to Turkey, while Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has warned its citizens against non-essential travel to Russia "until the situation becomes clear"

Earlier this week, Russia’s agriculture minister said that around 15% of Turkish produce did not meet Russian safety standards. Some imports were blocked, and trucks stranded at borders

The new sanctions will mean some imports will be stopped - but it is not yet clear

Turkey has exported food and agricultural produce worth over 1bn Euros (702m pounds) to Russia already this year, and Russia says 20% of its vegetable imports come from Turkey

Turkey’s Anadolu Agency says exports of leather, textiles and clothes to Russia were worth more than 1.52bn dollars (1bn pounds) last year