Putin agreed to destroy the sanctions products on the border – RBC

Russian President Vladimir Putin (archive photo)

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imported into Russia in violation of the embargo, the products must be destroyed at the border – such a proposal addressed to the President of Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev.

«On this occasion, I would like to ask you, and the Russian government to do everything that we can all consignments of products that come illegally across the border of the Russian Federation, is to destroy it on the spot “, – said Tkachev (quoted by RIA Novosti news agency). The minister explained that the regulations illegal goods must not only pass through the border and sent back.

The head of state voiced at a meeting with members of the government supported the idea of ​​the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

«Well, let’s We agree with the proposal of the Minister. I ask the administration and the government is to work with lawyers and propose solutions “, – Putin ordered (quoted by TASS).

On the eve of Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters that during the embargo on the import of Russian products from the EU and US regulatory authorities opened hundreds of cases in connection with attempts to violate the ban.

«In fact, documented cases in which administrative decisions were taken, and open the appropriate case, a few hundred during these months. If I remember correctly the figure, it is somewhere in 700-800 cases, “- said Dvorkovich (quoted by Interfax).

The list of products that are prohibited from being imported into Russia from the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia and Norway was first published August 7, 2014. In accordance with the decision of the government to the blacklist were cattle meat, pork, poultry, meat, salted, dried or smoked fish and crustaceans, molluscs. Restrictions also touched upon the milk and milk products, cheese, cottage cheese, based on vegetable fats, sausages and similar products of meat, vegetables, roots, fruits and nuts.

Later, the list of banned products changed: in particular, from the the embargo was first released, and then returned to his cheese. In addition, a ban on the import of hit and cheese products. At the end of June 2015 a ban on the import into Russia of a number of products from the US, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway, has been extended to August 5, 2016.