Russia's war in Ukraine has made the Russian Federation a pariah in the global energy market. With the start of the war, a de facto embargo was imposed on Russian oil, with oil companies, trading houses, shippers and banks applying sanctions at the same time, CNN reports. However, there are now signs that...
The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted two resolutions on the introduction of special duties and an embargo on Russian imports. Ukraine has imposed mirror sanctions in response to recent economic restrictions from Russia. The decision was made today at a government meeting, writes Liga.net. The Cabinet of Ministers has expanded the list of prohibited import ...
Russia has introduced a ban on the supply of a number of food products and raw materials from Ukraine. The list of goods prohibited for import includes, in particular, beer, vegetables, fruits and sweets, writes the BBC. The corresponding document was published on the Russian government website. “Russia is introducing a ban on the import of a number of Ukrainian...
The Russian government is introducing a ban on the import of food products from Ukraine into the country, said Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev. “Since Ukraine joined sanctions against the Russian Federation - economic, financial - we decided to introduce protective measures in the form of food...
The Federal Customs Service denied reports that Russian residents will be able to order products that have come under the food embargo via the Internet. “We categorically refute the statements of certain commercial structures about the possibility of ordering sanctioned goods through online stores,” said the head of the press service of the Federal Customs Service ...
The CNN television channel has compiled its list of prohibitions in Russia called “Forbidden. Nine things you won't find in Russia." “Vladimir Putin's Russia has banned a lot of things in recent years. Some observers say this signals a violation of human rights, in...
They plan to replace Ukrainian lard in Russia with lard from Brazil, China and Chile. Russia was assured that the country would not be left without lard and promised to replace it with products imported from South American countries. This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev. ...
Russia has expanded the list of countries subject to a food embargo. The corresponding decree was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The sanctions apply to Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Ukraine is included in the list “under special conditions.” According to news agencies, restrictions on the import of products from Ukraine...
By August 11, 2015, the Rosselkhoznadzor destroyed 552 kilograms of sanctioned products that people brought to Russia in hand luggage. The products were seized in the Primorsky Territory, Sakhalin Region, Kaliningrad Region, St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region. In total, the authorities destroyed 41 tons of food that fell under the sanctions. For how long did the Rosselkhoznadzor report, ...
Russian authorities continue to destroy sanctioned food products that fall under the law. After two days ago in Samara 114 tons of pork imported into Russia bypassing the food embargo were “buried”, a batch of apples from Poland with a total weight of...