Russian Sanctions Against Turkey

On 24 November 2015, a Russian Su-24 jet was downed by an air-to-air missile, fired from two Turkish F-16 fighters in response to a violation of Turkish airspace, pursuant to rules of engagement. The Russian aircraft crashed in the Bayirbucak region of northern Syria.

Following this incident, Russia imposed a series of economic measures and sanctions against Turkey. The first step in this direction was a decree prohibiting Turkish products along with other sanctions, approved by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 28 November 2015. With this presidential decree (numbered 583), the legal ground was prepared for economic embargos on Turkey and Turkish goods and services.

Following this decree, the Russian Government fleshed out the decree's commercial sanctions with an Executive Order on 30 November 2015 (numbered 1296). On 28 December 2015, some amendments were introduced to the previously approved decree, indicating the specifics and scope of previously