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Tkachev: the lifting of sanctions with Turkey will not affect the Russian market
September 27, 2016 /
Small business
Minister
of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Alexander Tkachev, September 23, said
that the lifting of the embargo of the product with Turkey will not lead to a
catastrophe in the Russian market.
According to him, the vegetables and fruits of the Turkish Republic replaced
the Russian on products from Iran, Israel, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. He added
that prodkty from Turkey do not differ from those that supply from these
countries.
How to write Internet-portal "Kuban 24," Putin November 28, 2015
signed a decree on restrictive measures against Turkey. Russian Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev in December signed a decree on application of special economic
measures against Turkey.
Since January 1, 2016 Russian ban on tomatoes, onions and shallots, cauliflower
and broccoli, cucumbers and gherkins, oranges, tangerines and hybrids of
citrus, grapes, apples, pears, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums and sloes ,
strawberries and strawberries from Turkey.
The Ministry of Agriculture of Turkey on May 6 expressed hope that Russia will
cancel the restrictions on imports of agricultural products. The Ministry of
Agriculture of the Russian Federation in June urged not to rush to remove the
ban on products from Turkey.