Find Mama's Borscht Recipe: Russia to Ban Food Imports from US, EU
Tit continues to meet Tat.
Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, a sweeping response to Western sanctions imposed over its support for rebels in Ukraine.
The measures will hit consumers at home who rely on cheap imports, and on farmers in the West for whom Russia is a big market. Moscow is by far the biggest buyer of European fruit and vegetables and the second biggest importer of U.S. poultry.
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This is going to end well.
Ha ha, sarcastic Madman!
Speaking of food boycotts, Israeli carrots yanked from Irish store shelves. Guess why:
http://tinyurl.com/necfqa6
Nice work. We've all been so homesick for the cold war that any of us will happily settle for a nice trade war until you can manage to get it going again! :D:D:D