All issues related to the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey have been settled, and relevant documents were signed on September 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday.

An agreement on payment of 25% of Russian gas supplies to Turkey in rubles will come into effect in the near future.

…“It is difficult, but we have faced this in Turkey [before],” said a senior executive at one of the country’s biggest manufacturers….

The US and the EU are stepping up pressure on Turkey’s financial sector to prevent Ankara from helping Moscow evade sanctions.

Russia is ready to increase gas supplies to Turkey if the country increases its consumption, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Thursday.

Russia’s Mir payment system reported a few isolated instances of refusals to process transactions using cards issued by Russian banks under sanctions, but its general operations in Turkey continue as usual, the press service of the payment system told TASS.

Mir, the Russian payment card network, previously reported by the media to have failed in Turkey, continues to function normally, Director General of the National Payment Card System Vladimir Komlev announced on Thursday.

…Erdoğan, who will meet Putin on Friday, said last month that there is “serious progress” on expanding Mir in Turkey ….

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that there are currently no barriers to export of grain from Russia.

Turkey has demanded that Kiev explain reports that Ukraine is holding a campaign to push for sanctions on Turkish businessmen and banks cooperating with Russia, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara on Wednesday.