Semivolos on trade between Turkey and Russia/Channel 24 collage
Turkey and Russia agreed on close cooperation in the economic sphere. The American edition of Bloomberg published information that Ankara deliberately boasts of a trade boom with Russia.
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However, nothing special happened in the trade relations between the two countries. Igor Semivolos, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, told Channel 24 about this.
“There's nothing wrong with it. Against the backdrop of statements that they should increase the volume of trade to $100 billion, messages Bloomberg look like nothing,” said Semivolos.
There are no grandiose numbers”
According to the director of the Center for Middle East Studies, there has been a worldwide trade downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. back to “coronavirus times”.
The fact that we are seeing an increase in the volume of trade between Turkey and Russia is a completely obvious fact. But there are no grandiose figures from which the head is spinning. If someone thought that suddenly Turkey or Russia found some super scarce product that costs a lot of money and goes to the market as much as possible, then there is nothing like that,” Semivolos emphasized.
“Turkey has won on aviation”
He noted that Russia and Turkey trade in the same assortment as before. Although there are areas in which Ankara has managed to increase its income.
Turkey won aviation. The country is used as a hub for flights of Russians abroad. Accordingly, the services of Turkish airlines and airports have grown,” said Semivolos.
There were no significant changes in other areas of trade.
“The Turks, as they sold tomatoes, continue to do so. all other positions have growth, but it is not so significant,” added the director of the Center for Middle East Studies.
Igor Semivolos analyzed the attribution of Turkey and Russia: watch the video
< h2 class="news-subtitle cke-markup">Turkey and Russia agreed on cooperation: in brief
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin held talks in Sochi on August 5 . The meeting lasted 4 hours.
- After the meeting with Putin, the Turkish leader said that 5 banks in Turkey are introducing the Russian payment system “Mir”.
- Russians, in response to powerful Western sanctions, decided to demand payment them for energy in rubles. Turkey agreed to pay for part of Russian gas in rubles.
