Turkish finance minister defends country’s economic links with Russia

Turkiye's finance minister has defended Ankara’s economic ties with Russia as “good neighborly relations” even as western governments raise concerns that the country is serving as a backdoor for Moscow to evade sanctions Qazet.az report citing the Financial Times.

Nureddin Nebati said “opposition elements” inside and outside Turkey were “deliberately raising question marks” about the country’s financial links with Russia while conceding there had been a rush of cash into its financial system