The list of countries under Russian counter-sanctions, possibly extended with those seven countries that joined the sanctions against Russia, said a source in the Ministry of agriculture.
"If We (to expand the List), We add exactly those countries that have expressed the desire to announce penalties against us. We declare concerning them counter-sanctions ", - said the source news Agency.



"What is a List of products (approved) - the same most of the List of products will be ", - said the head of the Department. According to his statement, while perhaps that may be the expansion of the list on Iceland, If there is not taken into account some specific direction for the supply of fish, but this is unlikely. Before Tuesday, the Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. said that the government of the Russian Federation to make an appointment to President Vladimir Putin with the request to lengthen the List of countries against which imposed food embargo. At the end of July 7 countries of Europe ? Montenegro, Albania (accession to EU), Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein (part of the European free trade area), as well as Ukraine and Georgia ? adopted a decision to extend the regime of EU sanctions against the Crimea and Sevastopol. About this mentioned in the application Supreme envoy of the EU for foreign Affairs and security policy Federica Mogherini. Certain printed and electronic publications of Russia reported that in Georgia the first time joined the sanctions, however, Tbilisi made it even a year Earlier, and currently only supported their extension. Upon written request of the Georgian state Minister for European integration Affairs of David Bakradze, the length of these EU extends sanctions presumably a month and a half ago.

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