Turks banned by Russian clubs

moscow - Russian clubs may temporarily not attract Turks. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has all the clubs in the country are prohibited from doing business with Turkish athletes. A striking sanction that fits into a series of measures which Russia is Turkey Tuesday after a Russian fighter had shot out of the sky. The resulting tensions between them are approaching the boiling point.

" We do not want too far ahead of things running, but the clubs have the message not received attract Turkish athletes ", said Moetko, also president of the Russian Football Association and member of the organizing committee for the World Cup of 2018. " That prohibition applies in any case during the next transfer window in winter. "

Russia took earlier this week a series of economic measures against Turkey. The sporting sanctions imposed in Moetko not for Turks who are already working in Russia. " We respect contracts ", said the influential sports minister.