Russia to extend ban on seafood imports from unfriendly countries until 2025

The Russian government has extended a ban on seafood imports from so-called "unfriendly" countries until 2025. ​ A new government decree was issued on October 1, banning the import of seafood from the United States, EU countries, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. ​ In 2014, Russia first imposed restrictions on European and American fish supplies to Russia in response to sanctions imposed by some Western countries on the Russian seafood industry due to the annexation of Crimea. ​ Since then, these restrictions have been periodically extended. ​ This year, Russia expanded its list of banned items to include ready-to-eat or canned fish, sturgeon caviar and its roe substitutes, as well as ready-to-eat or canned crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. ​ However, despite the ongoing restrictions, Russia's foreign seafood trade is still on an upward trend, and the country's seafood ...