MOSCOW, Aug 13 - RIA Novosti/Prime. The government has not included Georgia in the list of the food embargo, because of the sanctions measures adopted by this country, a minor, is reported in the report of the press service of the government of the Russian Federation.

"At the moment Russia and Georgia relations and a large turnover. In contrast to other countries, the measures taken by the Georgian leadership against Russia are insignificant. Because of this it was decided that there was no need to include that country in a list of countries, manufacturers are prohibited to put certain types of agricultural products ", - is informed in the report.

Russia has extended food import ban imposed in response to punishment, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Ukraine, besides at last suspended - ban on the importation of its products will start to operate only in the case of the Kiev economic part of the agreement about unification with the European Union.

first on Thursday, the press service of the government of the Russian Federation noted that the EU's decision to extend until 23 June 2016 introduced in 2014, economic limits, and in 2014, again joined Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Georgia. Russia when deciding on the extension of its response to individual countries take into account " the degree of their involvement in the sanctions regime against Russia ".

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