Putin Orders to Withdraw From Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance With Turkey

© REUTERS / Mikhail KlimentyevRussia's President Vladimir Putin is pictured during a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured) in Ankara December 1, 2014
Russia's President Vladimir Putin is pictured during a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured) in Ankara December 1, 2014 - Sputnik International
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Putin approved on Wednesday the proposal to withdraw from a treaty on mutual legal assistance with Turkey in civil, trade and criminal cases.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Wednesday the proposal of the Cabinet of Ministers to withdraw from a treaty on mutual legal assistance with Turkey in civil, trade and criminal cases.

"Russian Foreign Ministry must send a notice to the Turkish side," Putin’s order said, as posted on the government's legal information website.

The agreement was signed in December 1997.

Moscow's relations with Ankara deteriorated after a Russian Su-24 aircraft was downed on November 24 by a missile fired from a Turkish F-16 fighter over Syria in response to an alleged violation of Turkish airspace.

Russia has since introduced a set of restrictive measures against Turkey in response to the downing of the aircraft, which it said never crossed into Turkish airspace.

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