Source: Oleoscope (Russia)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended the food embargo that has been in place for 10 years by two years at once – until December 31, 2026, reports TASS.
The corresponding decree was signed on September 18, 2024. It is entitled “On the extension of certain special economic measures to ensure the security of the Russian Federation”. The document extends the Russian food embargo on supplies of products from countries that have imposed or supported anti-Russian sanctions from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. The resolution comes into force on the day it is signed.
The Russian food embargo is a ban on the import of certain types of agricultural products, raw materials and foodstuffs into Russia since 2014. The list of goods banned for import was determined by the Russian government. It includes meat and fish, milk and dairy products, vegetables and fruit, sausage and similar meat products as well as cheese and cottage cheese based on vegetable fats. The food embargo was imposed on countries that imposed or supported anti-Russian sanctions in connection with the annexation of Crimea. It initially applied to products from the USA, the EU, Australia, Norway and Canada. Since August 13, 2015, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which have joined the anti-Russian sanctions, have also been added to the list of these countries, as has Ukraine since January 1, 2016. In December 2020, the pro-embargo was extended to the United Kingdom, which has left the EU.
Since August 6, 2015, products from “sanctioned” countries have been destroyed in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On Certain Special Economic Measures to Ensure the Security of the Russian Federation” (signed on July 29, 2015).
In addition, a procedure was introduced according to which the transit of goods from sanctioned countries is only possible with GLONASS seals and driver’s license coupons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described this move as risky, but it has been fully vindicated and has boosted the development of Russian agriculture. Since then, Russia’s agro-industrial complex has grown considerably and the country is completely self-sufficient in all the necessary products.