Putin extended food embargo for a year

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the extension of retaliatory sanctions Russia for one year starting from June 24. To prepare the necessary documents for the implementation of this decree, he instructed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Putin expressed confidence that the counter-measures taken will be a good guide for domestic agricultural producers. Medvedev assured that the document is in preparation, reports TASS. As written, the Internet portal "Kuban 24", the Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev has previously stated that it plans to tighten the requirements on food embargo.