Retaliating for U.S. sanctions over Ukraine, Russia will ban or limit all American agricultural products for up to a year, a Kremlin official said Wednesday.
All fruits and vegetables from the European Union will also be locked out, the country’s agricultural and veterinary watchdog told RIA Novosti. Produce from Canada and Japan will also be blocked.
The complete list of banned products, to be announced Thursday, will be “very substantial,” said Alexey Alekseenko, an assistant to the head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance.
Food prices in Russia would likely rise in the short term because of the import ban, the country’s agricultural watchdog said.
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