Russian Federation extends food embargo to 5 countries: Albania, Montenegro, Iceland

He also threatened on August 13 that Ukrainian products would be added to the Russian blacklist if Kyiv implemented the economic parts of its Association Agreement with the European Union.

“We agreed to give (Ukraine) extra time – until January 1 of next year – for decisions on questions over economic regulation”, Medvedev said.

Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein & UkraineRussia extends food embargo to 5 countriesRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree that extends the list of countries that fall under Russian counter sanctions, he said at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, TASS reported.

The countries join the EU, as well as the US, Canada, Norway and Australia, as markets and nations hit by Russia’s embargo.

“Joining the sanctions is a conscious choice which means readiness for retaliatory measures from our part, which have been adopted”, Mr Medvedev said in comments broadcast on state-owned channel Rossiya 24. Moscow first introduced the restrictions – on meat, fish, dairy products, fruit and vegetables – last August in response to sanctions on Moscow.

Politically, Poland land has been a strong critic of Russia’s policy – and military entanglement – in Ukraine.

The announcement came as Russia’s Communist Party announced it has submitted a bill to parliament calling for smuggled Western food to be given to the needy instead of being destroyed.

Only food that is risky to eat or of low quality should be destroyed, the draft law says.