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Russia to keep EU food ban to retaliate West sanctions
Friday, June 19, 2015 7:26
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Russia says it will keep its embargo on European and US foods in place as long as Western sanctions against Moscow are not lifted.
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Thursday that “the embargo will stay” if the West renews its bans on Russia which have been imposed over the country’s alleged role in the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
He added that the ban is not “a goal in itself” but a means to support agricultural producers.
Russia has been targeted by a series of sanctions over the past months by Brussels and Washington, which accuse Moscow of supporting pro-Russia forces in Ukraine …. http://www.presstv.ir
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/06/russia-to-keep-eu-food-ban-to-retaliate.html
