Russia’s counter-sanctions previously covered the United States, Canada, Norway, Australia and the 28 member states of the European Union.
Advertisement
The Russian ban on all Western food products has been in the spotlight lately.
“We agreed to give (Ukraine) extra time – until January 1 of next year – for decisions on questions over economic regulation”, Medvedev said.
The Kremlin, however, rejects accusations of its involvement in the Ukraine crisis as groundless and has enforced restrictions on some Western food imports in a tit-for-tat move.
By acting against Russian Federation, the nations made a “conscious choice, which means their readiness for retaliatory measures from our side”, Medvedev said in televised comments.
He famous that food import bans on Ukraine will go into impact if the Kiev authorities endorses the financial chapter of…
The embargoed products include meat, fish, milk and dairy products, fresh fruit and vegetables and other raw produce.
Russian Federation was one of the most important markets for European farmers.
But he added that, due to the conflict, “Ukraine-Russia trade has now, in any case, dropped drastically – it’s nearly negligible”. Since 2010, the value of Icelandic exports to Russian Federation has been steadily rising, from roughly 11.600 million ISK (79 million Euro, 87 million USD) in 2010 to about 29.200 million ISK (198 million Euro, 220 million USD) in 2014.
Russia, earlier this month, began bulldozing and burning stockpiles of seized EU food and of Dutch flowers, which are subject to a separate ban.
“Russia is destroying food in front of the eyes of the world”, the Communists said.
Advertisement
Only food that is unsafe to eat or of low quality should be destroyed, the draft law says.
