Economic sanctions

‘Conflict between EU and Russia is already hitting farmers’

Published on 7 August 2014 at 16:17

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Moscow is studying retaliation measures on the EU for the sanctions imposed on Russia for its support to pro-Rusian separatists in Eastern Ukraine, writes Trouw.
According to the Dutch daily, European farmers are already facing the consequences of the EU-Russia relations’ cooling: since last week Moscow imposed a ban on Polish vegetables and fruits import, officially for sanitary reasons. Other countries may be affected by the same measure, notes Trouw.

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