Ukraine is to introduce a ban on a number of Russian food items in retaliation to restrictions on its own products enforced by Moscow on 1 January.
Kiev has approved counter-measures against what it called “illegal actions of the Russian Federation which caused substantial damage to the Ukrainian economy”.
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In an announcement on the Ukraine government’s website, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said: “Russia consistently, on a daily basis, is taking steps aimed at limiting Ukrainian exports to the Russian Federation, which extremely damages the Ukrainian economy and the main thing – this violates multilateral and bilateral agreements between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
“Our response is as follows. Ukraine comes out of a free trade zone with Russia, raises duties on all goods and introduces a trade embargo on food products manufactured in the Russian Federation.”
Products that will be banned from 10 January include meat, fish, vegetables, fruit and dairy.
