Tkachev says food embargo's expansion will not be radical

The list of goods prohibited to import to the territory of Russia will not grow drastically, the Minister of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev, said.

"We have to examine all the proposals. I think there won't be radical decisions to change the list. The list is long enough, we have almost everything on the list," TASS cited him as saying.

Tkachev also said that a food embargo will not be imposed on chocolate.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that proposals on extending Russia’s food import embargo against the European Union are being studied in the Kremlin and a decision will be taken 'quite quickly'.

"They [proposals of Russia’s government] are being worked out in the presidential administration. We expect that the process to work them out will be completed rather immediately and will be documented," RIA Novosti cited him as saying.

Peskov explained that "bureaucratic procedures needed for documenting these decisions have to be carried out."