Turkish embassy debunks reports of new restrictions for Russian tourists

MOSCOW, July 26. /TASS/. Turkish authorities do not plan to introduce or tighten the sanitary norms for Russian tourists traveling to the republic on vacation, the Turkish embassy in Moscow told TASS Monday. "The official Turkish healthcare and tourism authorities plan no restrictions or tightening of measures for Russian tourists," the mission said. The embassy debunked reports by a number of Russian media outlets citing Turkish infection disease doctor Mehmet Ceyhan that Turkey might tighten restrictions against Russian tourists over the growing Covid incidence in the country. "We would like to note that the statement, made by Mr. Ceyhan is his personal opinion. The official Turkish healthcare and tourism authorities plan no restrictions or tightening of measures for Russian tourists," the mission noted. MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. Russia has initiated a draft UN convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, the press service of the Russian prosecutor general’s office told TASS on Tuesday. "Today, a Russian delegation led by Deputy Prosecutor General Pyotr Gorodovoy met with Dennis Thatchaichawalit, acting Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at the United Nations Geneva Office and officially submitted a Russian draft of the convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes," the press service said. A copy of the draft was handed over to Fouzia Mebarki, president of the ad hoc intergovernmental committee to elaborate the convention on countering ICT use for criminal purposes. The draft, according to the Russian prosecutor general’s office, envisages countering criminal uses of crypto currencies and crimes committed with the use of information technologies, in particular the trade in fake medical products and drugs. Read more