RUSSIA READIES POTENTIAL BAN ON IMPORTS OF EU AND US CLOTHING

Russia may ban imports of clothing from the European Union (EU) and the United States if western countries implement a new package of sanctions against Russia, Andrei Belousov, an aide to President Vladimir Putin told just-style.“We have a number of non-agricultural products, where our European partners are more dependent on Russia than Russia on them. The ministry of economic development has already prepared a next package of retaliatory sanctions to western sanctions. Among them are expected to be the imposition of a ban on the imports of clothing from ...


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