Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that a list of banned imports from Western countries could be changed according to the state of relations with the European Union and other countries.
Medvedev told a government meeting he had approved an order by President Vladimir Putin to extend a ban on food imports from the West by one year, a response to the EU’s decision to extend sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis.
The list of banned imported products, which include fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, milk and dairy products, were so far the same as in the earlier ban.
Some Russian officials have said the list could be expanded to include flowers, chocolates and tinned fish.