MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He added that the Turkish side was collecting evidences to ground the complaint more firmly, before sending it to the WTO for consideration.
"We will reclaim the rights of all those who have suffered in international courts," Elitas said, as quoted by the Daily Sabah newspaper.
Relations between Moscow and Ankara deteriorated following the downing of Russia’s Su-24 frontline bomber over Syria by a Turkish jet on November 24.
In the wake of the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the economic measures against Ankara in retaliation for the Su-24 downing. The decree, which entered into force on January 1, 2016, included a ban on the employment of Turkish citizens by Russian employers, a food import ban on certain categories of products, as well as on charter flights in both directions.