News archive on the topic "counter-sanctions"

Russia could paralyze the Western ski market. Boris Titov, Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Russian Federation, stated this in an interview with the YouTube channel Tinkoff Private Talks, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Alpine skis and boards – 80% are produced in Russia. Today, many companies locate their production at one Russian plant. Beware, foreign skiers: you will soon be left without...

Russia should introduce mirror sanctions against the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Poland. The leader of the New People party, Alexey Nechaev, stated this today in the State Duma, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “We need to make a decision on customs duties. Now the USA, Canada, and Great Britain have introduced protective duties of 35% on Russian goods, not caring about the WTO norm. It is necessary to introduce mirror duties on goods from these...

The expectations of a number of experts and consumers during the period of the beginning of anti-Russian sanctions that it would be impossible to replace imported products with domestic analogues without losing supply and reducing the demand for goods were not justified. Participants at a press conference in Moscow spoke about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, during the discussion, experts presented data from a new study by VTsIOM jointly with the Agri-Food Fund...

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced some retaliatory sanctions against the European Union. Belarus is suspending participation in the Eastern Partnership initiative, beginning the procedure for suspending the Readmission Agreement with the EU, and banning entry into the country for persons from the EU who contributed to the introduction of sanctions, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Foreign Ministry promised that they would continue to work on other measures, including economic ones. "We can not…

By decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, from now on countries that are recognized as unfriendly in Russia do not have the right to recruit personnel for their diplomatic missions from Russian citizens. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The day before, a presidential decree was published, which contains a number of measures to implement existing ones...

Russian authorities should lift sanctions against food products previously imported from the West. Liberal economist Sergei Guriev stated this in an interview with MBKh-media, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The main step that Putin and his government could take is the lifting of counter-sanctions. I would like to note that in 2014, the Russian authorities introduced a ban on food imports from European countries and the USA,...

On June 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law “On measures of influence (counteraction) against unfriendly actions of the United States and other foreign states.” Or, more simply, the law on counter-sanctions. The text of the law was published on the official Internet portal of legal information and immediately came into force. The bill on counter-sanctions was adopted by the State Duma on May 22 and approved by the Federation Council on May 30. Wherein…

The State Duma of the Russian Federation today unanimously adopted the law on counter-sanctions in the first reading. It will allow the president and government to create blacklists of foreign citizens and introduce restrictions on the import of goods from the United States and other countries, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A total of 16 areas have been named in which sanctions can be applied. The bill talks about limiting imports from the United States, the possibility of limiting...

The main retaliatory blow of Russian counter-sanctions should be aimed at the US financial system. Member of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Alexander Losev stated this today on Vesti FM radio. “In the structure of US GDP, industrial production accounts for 11,7%, and banking services – 80%. Therefore, the biggest counter-sanction blow must be delivered there. That is…

Almost three-quarters of citizens (72%) support a ban on the import of food from countries that have imposed economic sanctions against Russia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). However, the share of people who disapprove of the ban has increased from 2014 to 9% since 24...