Russia bans food imports from Australia, Canada, EU, US, Norway; More measures considered
Russian government has approved total import ban on foreign agricultural products, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. Moreover, measures to close Russian airspace to Western airlines' transit flights are currently considered.
Dmitry Medvedev signed government resolution that bans beef, pork, poultry, fish, cheese, milk, vegetable and fruit imports from Australia, Canada, EU, US and Norway for one year.
Ban on agricultural imports to Russia has no impact on Japan and does not spread to Ukraine, the government said.
Russian government declares ready to revise the imports ban, if situation changes.
Meanwhile, further measures are not excluded, starting with ban on transit flights by European and US airlines.
"The current situation as it is, the Russian government is considering a number of retaliatory steps. I will mention some of them, but that does not mean that they will be introduced at once. The measures include a ban on transit flights by European and US air carriers to Southeast Asia, to the Asia-Pacific Region," Medvedev said.
The announcement came after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree, on Wednesday, that bans or restricts agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions on Russia.
Source: Itar-Tass, ANA-MPA / Photo: Itar-Tass
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