Leader Barack Obama extended sanctions against Russia for a year, said the press service of the White house.

"I extend the national emergency declared in the decree 13660 ", - reported in the treatment of Obama. The decree 13660 from 6 March 2014 for the first time introduces a state of emergency regarding Russia.

Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. In July last year, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the Import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to punishment, and among them from the EU.


Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices was the list of individual penalties against persons, which the EU considers responsible for the destabilization of the situation in Ukraine, released in February.




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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