Putin extended the food embargo of the Russian Federation for 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended the Russian food embargo on food supplies from countries that have imposed or supported anti-Russian sanctions until 2022. This follows from the presidential decree "On the extension of certain special economic measures in order to ensure the security of the Russian Federation," posted on Monday on the official portal of legal information. The document comes into force from the date of its signing. The food embargo was imposed by a presidential decree dated August 6, 2014 against countries that have introduced or supported anti-Russian sanctions. Initially, it applied to products from the USA, EU, Australia, Norway and Canada. Since August 13, 2015, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein, which have joined the anti-Russian sanctions, have been included in the list of these countries, and Ukraine since January 1, 2016. In December 2020, the pro-embargo was extended to the UK, which left the EU. At first, the ban was ...