Russia extends ban on food imports for another year

Agri-products from USA, EU, UK, Canada, Australia among those banned since 2014
Russia extends ban on food imports for another year

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended the ban since 2014 on food imports from countries that applied economic sanctions against Russia.

Leaving the EU didn’t soften Russia’s hawkish stance towards the UK.

When President Putin recently signed a decree extending until the end of 2021 Russia’s ban on import of agricultural products from countries that applied economic sanctions against Russia, the UK was separately added to the ban list, to reflect its Brexit separation from the EU.

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