"We have decided to suspend the visa-free regime between Russia and Turkey. This decision will come into force on January 1," Lavrov said on Thursday, after a meeting in Moscow with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem.
Visa-free travel between Russia and Turkey was introduced in April 2011 following an intergovernmental agreement. It allowed Russian citizens to stay in Turkey for 30 days without a visa and vice versa.