REUTERS
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has instructed the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to expand the list of Russian goods that are subject to an import embargo.
"I would like to ask the Economy Ministry to revise and expand the list of goods that will fall under Ukraine's response measures, aimed at safeguarding the Ukrainian market against the Russian Federation's economic aggression," Yatsenyuk said at a government meeting on Wednesday.
As UNIAN reported earlier, on January 10, Ukraine imposed an embargo on the import of 30 commodity items from Russia in response to similar actions of the Russian side. The ban covers food products, vodka, tobacco and chemical products, as well as railway equipment. In addition, Ukraine imposed import duties on Russian imports at rates varying in the range of 1.5-19% with a transition period of three-five years.