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International Business Times: Putin says Western food ban will be imposed for ‘as long as possible’ (VIDEO)

By International Business Times.

Published Nov. 23, 2016 at 8:18 am

A Russian woman shops for yogurt in Saint Petersburg on August 7, 2014. Russia retaliated against tough new Western sanctions, banning most food imports from the United States and the European Union and threatening to block flights over its airspace.

Photo by AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA

Russian consumers may have to wait a little longer to purchase some French cheese or those Dutch tulips. President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday, 22 November, that the government plans to extend the national ban on certain western food products to help the country’s economy.

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