date:Aug 08, 2014
nned for imports into Russia and to last one year, the Kremlin said.
Russia's Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) will ban the U.S. poultry imports, VPSS spokesman Alexei Alekseenko told Reuters on Wednesday evening.
He declined to say what other products would be included in the list, but said the ban on the U.S. and EU food imports will be large. Russia imported $43 billion worth of food last year.
In relation to the U.S., the country which was imposing sanctions, the d