Russia takes protective measures against import of Ukrainian products

By Vladimir V. Sytin
The Ukrainian Times

According to Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukaev, the government of Russia intends to put an embargo on import of Ukrainian products starting January 1, 2016. He stated that Russia decided to take protective measures by placing the embargo on import of foodstuffs from Ukraine because the U.S.-sponsored neo-Nazi regime in Kiev supported sanctions used by the decadent West in connection with a civil war in the Donbas region with large Russian populations.

Previously, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has entered, by his edict, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein in the Russian counter-sanctions list. Ukraine is also listed among the above countries with the proviso that an embargo on deliveries of Ukrainian agricultural produce to Russia should come into force if Kiev applies the economic part of the Association Agreement with the European Union.

Unfortunately, official data show that the Ukrainian enterprises, which produce food and drinks, decreased output by 12.2% in January-September, compared with the same period last year. At the same time, export of Ukrainian goods to the EU fell by 32.5%.

As geopolitical analyst William Engdahl put it, the United States has been attempting to isolate Russia by imposing sanctions. However, the American evil empire and its vassals in the EU have only produced the opposite effect and brought Russia closer to China and other BRICS countries.

Funnily enough, Mr. Wilson, a citizen of Britain, wrote: “The U.S. via the dollar, CIA and our pathetically weak politicians, engineered the dissolution of the British empire and the demise of sterling. Would our financial establishment have the courage to change allies? Join the BRICS to form the BBRICS, easier to say in cold weather.”