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Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the food import embargo of the European Union (EU) and other countries Thursday, until the end of the year. next year.
The decree signed by Putin states that the embargo will remain in force until December 31, 2019.
The Ministry of Agriculture (ZM) declared that it was not necessary It was not expected that Russia would extend the ban on EU food imports
that Latvian food producers would not change with the prolonged Russian embargo on EU food imports, will only prolong the implementation of the Russian decision of August 6, 2014.
On August 7, 2014, Russia imposed an embargo on agricultural products of the 39, European Union, United States, Australia, Norway and Canada. It was Moscow's reaction to the sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea.
In August 2015, the embargo was imposed on Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein and in 2016 in Ukraine. , defined in relation to his aggression in Ukraine.
The Russian embargo applies to beef, pork, fruit, vegetables, poultry, fish, cheese, milk and dairy products. This list does not include ice cream.
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