Baku-APA. Russian air carriers have suspended cooperation with Turkish flight training centers and aircraft maintenance centers, a source close to aviation told, APA reports quoting TASS.
Flight training centers along with aircraft maintenance centers operate in Turkey serving Russian airlines, the source said adding that the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) approves new contracts and any sort of work in Turkey.
Russian companies are freezing their contracts with the relevant centers as the regulator denies to approve new contracts or to extend the current ones, he said.
Earlier, the Russian daily Kommersant said that the Economic Development Ministry acting on the instruction of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has drafted a governmental resolution that tightens Russia’s sanctions against Turkey within the framework of "special economic measures" imposed on Turkey. In particular, it was suggested that Russian air carriers should limit the training of their civil staff in Turkey.