London, 16 Aug - RIA Novosti/Prime. Russia will be able to substitute a small amount of 5% do not receive supply of the listed countries predamage - Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, said the head of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev in the conversation

The government of the Russian Federation on Thursday announced the distribution of the food embargo in response to the punishment of the West, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Ukraine (last deferred). In the press release of the Cabinet of Ministers stated that when deciding on the extension of its response to individual countries were taken into account " the degree of their involvement in the sanctions regime against Russia ".

"The share of supply of products on the approved list from Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein is small - about 5% in all these countries. For this reason, I am confident that expanding the list of countries will not have a significant impact on the balance of the internal market ", - said Tkachev.

He said that " eliminated the volume of imports will be offset by increasing Russian production and supplies from other countries."

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