The Russian government could consider removing Greece, Hungary and Cyprus from its ban on most Western food imports, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Russia’s ban, which should run until early August, was imposed in retaliation to Western sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis.
“The list of countries has been determined by the order of the Russian president and in this context we, the government, may have proposals in light of … relations with certain countries, (and) may have proposals on removing some countries from this list,” TASS news agency quoted Fyodorov as …read more
Source: Voice of America
