Tuesday 1 March 2022

Turkey blocks Black Sea passage for Russian naval vessels

 Erdogan announces restrictions to 'stop escalation' based on 1936 agreement

A Russian navy ship passes through the Bosphorus in Istanbul in May 2020.   © Anadolu Images

ISTANBUL -- Turkey on Monday warned countries not to send warships through straits to the Black Sea after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invoked a 1936 agreement to "stop escalation" in Ukraine.

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