The Russian food embargo is 6 years old, but it seems that much more
Published Aug 7, 2020
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The Russian food embargo turns six. Then the Russians lost many of their usual imported products, but now it seems that counter-sanctions have been present in our lives for much longer. Domestic manufacturers filled store shelves and restaurant tables with their own products and began to increase their exports.
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On August 6, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree prohibiting the import of certain types of agricultural products, raw materials and foodstuffs into Russia from countries that have imposed anti-Russian sanctions: the United States, EU countries, Canada, Australia and Norway. The next day, the government approved a list of prohibited products: meat, sausages, fish and seafood, vegetables, fruits, dairy products were banned. As Western sanctions persisted, Russia also extended its countermeasures. "The import substitution process can be called successful. The introduction of the food embargo contributed to the development of Russian agriculture and the growth of domestic food production," says Dmitry Vostrikov, executive director of the Rusprodsoyuz Association of Food Producers and Suppliers. “Counter-sanctions were introduced six years ago, but it seems that they have been with us for much longer,” notes Ilya Bereznyuk, managing partner of the consulting agency ...
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