date:May 31, 2016
Russia's Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev has told reporters that Russia does not plan to expand the list of banned products. However, the Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev has ordered ministers to draft proposals to extend the food import ban to the end of 2017.
The Agriculture Ministry has already started preparing the draft of the proposal, Tkachev said.
This is great news for the domestic agriculture producers. This (the extension) allows them to plan investments in the industry,