Turkey closed the Bosporus for the passage of vessels
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Due to snow and low visibility
08.01.19 1432000
On Tuesday, January 8, Turkey closed the Bosphorus Strait for the passage of vessels due to snow and low visibility, Interfax reported with reference to Bloomberg.
Currently, the Turkish authorities do not call the timing of the resumption of movement of vessels through the Strait.
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The Bosporus and the Dardanelles are the key transit points for exporting Russian oil and grain from black sea ports. Every year they transported more than 120 million tons of oil and oil products. The closure of the Straits leads to a disruption of oil supplies from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
In November it was reported that Ukraine will ask to close the Bosphorus to Russian warships for the armed aggression in the Kerch Strait.