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In reply to the discussion: This is just a heads up. Poland is on alert. [View all]tridim
(45,358 posts)1. Warsaw says Russian ban on Polish produce is revenge for EU sanctions
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-europe-russia-trade-poland-idUSKBN0FZ1K120140730
(Reuters) - Russia announced a ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland on Wednesday and said it could extend it to the entire EU, a move Warsaw called Kremlin retaliation for new Western sanctions over Ukraine imposed on Russia a day earlier.
Moscow, which buys more than 2 billion euros worth of EU fruit and vegetables a year making it by far the biggest export market for the produce, said the ban was for sanitary reasons and denied a link to the sanctions.
Moscow has frequently been accused in the past of using food safety inspections to restrict trade from countries with which it has political disputes. The EU said it was studying the announcement, describing it as a surprise.
"The embargo amounts to political repression in response to the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia," Poland's agriculture ministry said in a statement.
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(Reuters) - Russia announced a ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland on Wednesday and said it could extend it to the entire EU, a move Warsaw called Kremlin retaliation for new Western sanctions over Ukraine imposed on Russia a day earlier.
Moscow, which buys more than 2 billion euros worth of EU fruit and vegetables a year making it by far the biggest export market for the produce, said the ban was for sanitary reasons and denied a link to the sanctions.
Moscow has frequently been accused in the past of using food safety inspections to restrict trade from countries with which it has political disputes. The EU said it was studying the announcement, describing it as a surprise.
"The embargo amounts to political repression in response to the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia," Poland's agriculture ministry said in a statement.
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Why did Russia essentially annex Poland and keep it under its control for so long after WW2?
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2014
#20
Ya...Russia gobbled up a bunch of countries and called it the Soviet "Union"
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2014
#22
The whole situation is very serious. The diplomatic apparatis is almost non-existant
TT_Progress
Aug 2014
#34
They've been on edge since the annexation of Crimea. And it's not like it never happened before...
freshwest
Jul 2014
#5
No, historically they're first on the list! See my edited post that you just replied to above.
freshwest
Jul 2014
#12
I think the Belarus and Ukraine were seized upon in an opportunistic fashion only. But
freshwest
Jul 2014
#25
Good post. Current geopolitics are extremely complicated and we are also making mistakes
TT_Progress
Aug 2014
#37