MOSCOW: Moscow prepared Monday to prolong its embargo on Western food imports, expressing disappointment at the extension by the EU of sanctions which it blamed on a “Russophobic lobby.”
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev tasked one of his deputies with helping put together a formal appeal to President Vladimir Putin to prolong Russian sanctions against the West.
In comments released by the government, Medvedev said he would formally ask Putin to extend the embargo on Western food imports as well as sanctions targeting certain foreign trade transactions.
He did not elaborate.
EU foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong damaging economic sanctions against Russia …read more
Source: theSun
