ISTANBUL, March 20 (Reuters) - Turkey halted the transit of Western-sanctioned goods to Russia this month after a year of war in Ukraine and mounting U.S. and European pressure on Ankara for action, a top export official and a diplomat said. "Any goods on that list are blocked from Russia no matter which country they come from," he said. "There was a list of restrictions on re-exports from free trade zones to Russia beginning in March, and an instruction was given," he said. However goods produced in Turkey even with components from other countries can still be shipped to Russia without restrictions, he said. At least $777 million of these products were made by Western firms whose chips have been found in Russian weapons systems.

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