Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and dozens of other companies from Russia will begin the process of moving to Turkey in the coming months. Thus, they plan to circumvent the sanctions imposed against them by the European Union due to Putin's invasion of Ukraine.. This is reported by the Turkish edition of Haberturk..

According to the source, over the past 48 days, Turkey and Russia have been actively negotiating the transfer of the headquarters of sanctioned companies of the Russian Federation from the EU countries to Istanbul..

“According to the information I received, 43 Russian companies and oligarchs, including Gazprom, will move their headquarters from Europe to Istanbul. This process is expected to start in July,” said Haberturk journalist Cetiner Cetin..

In addition, the publication claims that shortly before the official visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Ankara, a special Russian delegation visited Turkey, which previously coordinated the relocation of their companies with local authorities.

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Recall that since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Turkey has been expressing a rather restrained position, trying not to go against the policy of the EU, but without completely breaking off relations with the Kremlin because of its own economic interests.. Because of this, EU member states called on the Erdogan government to take a more decisive stance on Moscow's actions..

Earlier, the Western media explained why Erdogan supports Ukraine, but does it without threats to ties with Russia.