ArmInfo.Recep Erdogan's aggressive anti-Russian policy gradually began to bear fruit, though completely disappointing for the business of both countries: it became known about the beginning of the gradual withdrawal of Russian companies from the project to build a nuclear power plant in Turkey.
It can be assumed that this is just the beginning, and as it was stated 5 years ago, "Turkey will not get off with tomatoes alone", which means that the Turkish tourist destination in Russia is again under threat of closure. Writes about this Russian tourist publication "Turprom".
The publication reminds that on Tuesday the board of directors of Inter RAO approved the withdrawal from the Akkuyu Nuclear company, which deals with the Akkuyu NPP project in Turkey. Recall that in 2010 Rosatom established this project company in Turkey for the construction of a nuclear power plant, implemented on the basis of an intergovernmental agreement. It was assumed that after the completion of the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant with a capacity of 4800 MW, Turkey will receive about 35 billion kWh per year. The commissioning of the first unit of the nuclear power plant was planned in 2023.
Why did "Inter RAO" leave Turkey? The company itself has not yet named these reasons. However, it can be assumed that against the backdrop of Erdogan's anti-Russian rhetoric, Moscow decided to gradually begin to curtail all cooperation with Ankara, so as not to increase losses in the future if the situation aggravates. If this is the case, then a ban on holidays in Turkey is very likely, because it would be extremely risky for Russia to leave its citizens hostage to Erdogan in case of an aggravation of the conflict. Moreover, the Kremlin cannot rely on a sense of self-preservation in this matter, not to mention the conscientiousness of Russian tourists - Turkey over the past 15 years has remained the most popular foreign tourist destination in Russia. As political scientist Yevgeny Satanovsky noted about the rest in Turkey in his telegram channel: `` As for tourism ... Our idiots show that coronavirus, not coronavirus, will come anyway. If there is a war with Russia, our resorts will still be torn to their resorts. Used to>. Nevertheless, the situation in relations between Moscow and Ankara is indeed escalating, and by leaps and bounds. In addition to unleashing a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, Erdogan today has already expressed claims even to the Russian Crimea - they say, historically, this is a Turkish peninsula. And on Sunday, an espionage provocation against Russia took place in Turkey: the Turkish special service MIT detained the deputy director of the Bosphorus Gaz company and 5 more of its employees - they are accused of transmitting information to Russia about the field discovered in the Black Sea, the prices of imported gas and data on its supplies. Plus, last week, during a visit to Zelensky's Ankara, Erdogan provocatively and rudely stated that he would never "recognize the annexation of Crimea by Russia."
And these are just a list of Turkey's inclinations with respect to Russia's obvious interests. But Erdogan is also active in a field where Russia has indirect interests: for example, Turkey's de facto occupation of Syrian Afrin and terrorist control in Idlib, while Russia supports the official government in Syria and fights Islamists. Another intersection of interests is Turkey's involvement in the Libyan civil war against Russian- backed Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Given such a policy of Turkey, the newspaper writes, it really should not be surprising if the Russian authorities gradually zero the Russian tourist flow to this country, redirecting it to a more friendly state. Moreover, at the end of the tourist season, it can be done painlessly for tourists. Yes, and there is a worthy alternative to Turkish resorts - these are Egyptian Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh: year-round resorts located on the warm and beautiful Red Sea, with hotels operating according to the all inclusive system, which is loved by Russian tourists, and they are also cheaper than Turkish ones. hotels, and the flight to them is only a little longer than to Antalya .