Vasily Uzun

Azerbaijani tomatoes hold top spot in Russia's ranking

Azerbaijani tomatoes hold top spot in Russia's ranking

Despite the fact that Russia allow imports of tomatoes from all Turkish producers from May 1, removing restrictions, Turkish vegetables have not been able to win back their leading positions: in the first five months of this year Turkey supplied …

Russia and Turkey to nullify trade sanctions

Russia and Turkey to nullify trade sanctions

Russia and Turkey have settled almost all the issues on the lifting of trade restrictions, the problem will be fully resolved before the meeting of the Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission in Kazan, which is scheduled for October 20, the …

 Russian embargo extended to end of 2018

Russian embargo extended to end of 2018

The Russian government extended the embargo on certain types of food from countries that had imposed sanctions on Russia in line with the presidential decree, according to a document, published on the Russian government’s website. …

Russian sanctions against Turkey lifted by 99%

Russian sanctions against Turkey lifted by 99%

A full package of documents to lift Russia's sanctions against Turkey will be prepared already this week, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said. The agreements voiced by Turkish President …

Russia to completely ban Turkish vegetables and fruits

Russia to completely ban Turkish vegetables and fruits

Next Monday, Rosselkhoznadzor intends to ban the import of marrows, lemons and grapefruits of Turkish origin to Russia — all that is left in the allowed list — due to the systematic violations of sanitary requirements, the head of …

Will Turkish products return to Russian market?

Will Turkish products return to Russian market?

The Turkish Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry said that the Turkish delegation will discuss resumption of imports of agricultural products to Russia during its visit to Moscow. The visit of the Turkish delegation was scheduled for April 26, however, as the assistant head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Alexey Alexeyenko, told Vestnik Kavkaza, it was postponed, because representatives of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture haven't got visas yet. "We're doing everything we can to help them with visas. Our people left for Minsk to help them," he said.

Is France ready to lift sanctions against Russia?

Is France ready to lift sanctions against Russia?

France intends to discuss the issue of withdrawal of the Russian food embargo on February 13th. The meeting will be attended by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, …

How will sanctions against Turkey influence food prices?

How will sanctions against Turkey influence food prices?

While the Russian government is specifying a list of banned products from Turkey after the decree signed by President Vladimir Putin last Saturday, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Antimonopoly Service …

Russians won't notice disappearance of Ukrainian goods

Russians won't notice disappearance of Ukrainian goods

Today, the Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexey Ulyukayev iformed about the government's decision to introduce a food embargo against Ukraine, starting from January 1st 2016. "We took the decision to introduce …

How can prices of products change in Russia?

How can prices of products change in Russia?

Today, the Russian media has reported about the upcoming price hikes for products in shops of the country.  Thus, Izvestia with reference to the group of companies Dixie written that a number …

Russian State Duma proposes donating banned food to people in need

Russian State Duma proposes donating banned food to people in need

A group of deputies from the Communist Party sent a bill which to the State Duma, which proposes to confiscate banned food and products and donate it to the people in need, as well as send it them as humanitarian aid to other countries, the lower …

Will be banned products be allowed to be sold in Russian shops?

Will be banned products be allowed to be sold in Russian shops?

On September 22, the Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal will consider the complaint of Rospotrebnadzor on the decision, adopted on July 2, according to which banned products can be sold in Russian stores. Earlier, the Arbitration …