SLIDES, 2 Mar RIA Novosti/Prime. The government of the Russian Federation considers targeted solutions to mitigate food embargo, for Example in the field of organic baby food, told reporters Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.

The EU and the US amid deteriorating relations with the Russian Federation in connection with the situation in Ukraine in the summer of last year imposed a punishment against a number of sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the Import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products.

"I am until I can not say what exactly will be the solution. And in truth, there are requests from some countries for individual relief and requests from organizations that operate in Russia and engaged in the processing of raw materials, where there are our substitutes, so to speak. In particular baby food from organic raw materials, simply organic raw materials is still physically there. We seriously considered, " said Dvorkovich.

"This type of thing, but they point very, not many," he added.


The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin on August 6 about the use of private security. The import of a number of items from countries that have imposed penalties on the Russian capital, limited to year. In the corresponding list includes beef, pork, fruits, poultry, cheeses and dairy products, nuts, and other products. A complete list of prohibited importation into the Russian Federation of products -

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