RUSSIAN BAN ON EU FOOD EXPORTS TO CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER 2017
May 1st, 2016
RUSSIA’S agriculture ministry has announced that it is drafting a decree that will extend the country’s ban on imports of a wide range of European Union (EU), US, Canada, Australia and Norway food exports until December 31, 2017. Russian agriculture minister Alexander Tkachev said in Moscow today that his ministry did not plan to expand the number of products covered by the ban. “We are talking only about extending the duration,” he said, adding arguing that this would be “welcome news” for Russia’s food sector.
Russian state-run news agency ...
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