Belarus is ready to supply food to the Russian Federation instead of countries for which Moscow has introduced measures in response to the punishment, said Last news on Thursday 1st Deputy Minister of agriculture and foodstuffs of Belarus Leonid Marinich.

" For us this is a Klondike. We are ready to replace the West in many ways in terms of food, " said Marinich.

Belarus hopes, for example, to seriously increase the deliveries to the Russian Federation of cheeses: " Increase the output of the cheeses of different hardness and different ripening ".

Also, According to the first Deputy Minister, Belarus is ready to increase supplies of meat and milk instead of Finland.

Another Belarusian agrarians, According to Marynich, have the opportunity to make additional supply of vegetables: " Replace the Dutch potato, Replace Polish apples have everything ".

head centuries Putin on Wednesday banned throughout the year to import into the Russian Federation a separate types of agricultural products, raw materials and food from countries that have imposed punishment concerning Russia. The government was ordered to compile a detailed list of products subject to these limits.

The USA in connection with the Ukrainian crisis has introduced a wide range of sanctions on the Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations, as Well as lobbying for the introduction of similar restrictive measures and his associates. Anti punishment After the United States entered the European Union, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and Japan.


The RF law " On special economic measures " adopted by the state Duma, the Federation Council approved and signed by the President of Russia in the beginning of winter of 2006. The law is aimed at the development of a legal framework For the use of temporary special economic measures in the event of international emergency requiring immediate response to an internationally wrongful act or hostile action of a foreign country, dangerous to the interests and security of the Russian Federation. Read more in

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