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- Turkey embraces Russia’s national payment system credit card Mir
The largest banking chain in Turkey, along with the country’s 10,000 online retailers, have started accepting Russia’s Mir cards, according to the CEO of Russia’s national payment system (NSPK), Vladimir Komlev.Apr 19, 2019 08:57Business News - US lets 3 NATO allies use Russian SAMs, but why is it so spooked over Turkey’s S-400 deal?For years, three NATO states have had no trouble using Russian air defense systems, but Turkey’s S-400 deal is a special case as it’s a risk to the US grip on Ankara and inflicts losses on its military industry, analysts told RT.Apr 12, 2019 13:41World News
- Turkey could buy even more Russian S-400s if US doesn’t sell it air defense systems – Turkish FMTurkey will not bow to mounting US pressure to drop its planned purchase of Russia’s S-400, and will even buy more of them if Washington doesn’t sell its Patriot systems. Ankara will also look into alternatives for US F-35 jets.Apr 10, 2019 09:14World News
- Turkey aims to boost trade with Russia to $100 billionTurkish President Recep Erdogan has set an ambitious goal for bilateral trade with Russia, saying he wants to boost it to $100 billion, nearly four times more than the current trade volume between the two countries.Apr 9, 2019 10:40Business News
- Buying S-400 Turkey's 'sovereign right': Putin & Erdogan speak to press in MoscowTurkish President Recep Erdogan is visiting Moscow, discussing with Russian President Vladimir Putin the situation in Syria as well as the S-400 weapons deal that has driven a wedge between Ankara and Washington.Apr 8, 2019 16:23World News
- Washington’s Patriot offer wasn’t favorable to us, we’re sticking with Moscow’s S-400s – ErdoganTurkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that talks with the US to buy the Patriot air defense missile system went sour, and that Ankara will honor a major arms deal with Russia, despite Washington’s pressure to drop it.Apr 5, 2019 15:22World News
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