Russian customs banned the purchase of sanctions products on the Internet

The Federal Customs Service denied reports that residents of Russia will be able to order products that have fallen under the food embargo via the Internet.

"We categorically refute the statements of individual commercial structures about the possibility of ordering sanctions goods through online stores," said Kotikov, head of the department of the press service of the Federal Customs Service.

Earlier in the day, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) explained to the online service Shopfans that ordering by Russians through a network of sanctioned products in the US and Europe does not contradict the law. This was reported by the RBC publication with reference to a letter from the deputy head of the main department for organizing customs clearance and customs control of the Federal Customs Service, Alexander Morozenkov.

The official explains in the document that the Russian food embargo on the importation of "certain types of agricultural products and foodstuffs" does not apply to personal goods. In order for them to be assigned to this category, an individual must submit to the FCS a statement “on transported goods” orally or in writing using a passenger customs declaration.

In August instilled by virtue of the presidential decree on the destruction of sanctions products at the border. In the early days of the decree, the supervisory authorities reported about the destruction of several hundred tons of products banned from importing Russia because of sanctions.

Import ban A number of products from countries that have sanctioned Russia were introduced in August 2014. The EU announced 22 June to extend sanctions on Russia until January 2016, inclusive. The Russian authorities, in turn, extended the food embargo for a year, stating that the list of products whose import into Russia is prohibited can be extended.