Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Ankara’s contribution to closing of the grain deal, but also noted the necessity to lift restrictions on Russian exports of food and fertilizers, the press service of the Kremlin said in a statement following a telephone conversation between the leaders on Thursday.

The United States announced fresh sanctions Thursday aimed at disrupting the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.

The United States announced fresh sanctions Thursday on an international network of companies it says are involved in the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.

Turkey’s state bank Ziraat bankasi has suspended the service of cards of the Russian Mir payment system in Turkey, Reuters reported citing chief executive Alpaslan Cakar on Thursday.

… Turkey , he said, would use “all the means at our disposal, when necessary” to defend its rights….

Turkey will not have any problems with the supply of gasin the upcoming winter period, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.

The decision of Turkish banks to stop using Russia’s Mir payment cards was made under unprecedented pressure from the United States.

…Erdoğan had previously praised “serious progress” on expanding the use of Mir cards in Turkey ….

Turkey’s booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation that the last three banks still processing Russian card payments were pulling out under pressure from Washington.

…They hoped that the stronger enforcement of the rules over the hijab could slow the modernisation of Iran , an increasingly secular society….