The ban applies to certain products
originating from the United States, European Union countries, Canada,
Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Lichtenstein,
MOSCOW, July 5. /TASS/. In line with the presidential decree, the
Russian government extended the embargo on certain types of food from countries
that had imposed sanctions on Russia, according to a document, published on the
Russian government’s website on Wednesday.
"A ban on imports of certain types of agricultural products, raw materials and food, originating from the United States, European Union countries, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Lichtenstein, was extended from January 1 to December 31, 2018," the document reads.
"A ban on imports of certain types of agricultural products, raw materials and food, originating from the United States, European Union countries, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Lichtenstein, was extended from January 1 to December 31, 2018," the document reads.
"Those
restrictions are intended to expand the special retaliatory economic measures
to certain states, taking into account the level of their involvement in the
anti-Russian sanctions regime," it reads.
On June 30,
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending the Russian counter
sanctions until December 31, 2018, following the European Union’s move to
expand its sanctions on Russia.
The Western
sanctions, which were imposed in 2014 amid the political crisis in Ukraine and
Crimea’s reunification with Russia, have since been extended on a regular
basis. In August 2014, Russia retaliated by imposing a ban on imports of
certain types of agricultural products from the countries that joined the
sanctions.
Source: ITAR-TASS 05-07-2017
