...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...has ordered government agencies to restrict agricultural imports from countries that imposed sanctions on Moscow.
In a Wednesday decree by the Kremlin, Putin ordered the measures to be implemented for one year.
The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin's executive decree "either bans or limits... the import into the Russian Federation of certain kinds of agricultural products, raw materials and food originating from countries that have decided to adopt economic sanctions against Russian entities and (or) individuals."
No specific country or product is named in the document, but it instructs government departments to come up with a list of products subject to the order.
The Itar-Tass news agency said that Russia will hold talks with Ecuador, Brazil, Chile and Argentina on increasing food imports.
Moscow also halted imports of beef products from Romania and live animals Bulgaria and from parts of Greece and Italia. Russia also banned Polish agricultural imports on health grounds last week.