Sanctions against Russia

The collegium of the Belarusian and Russian Ministries of Foreign Affairs is meeting in the Belarusian capital today, on November 18.

The EU is not to immediately impose new sanctions on Russia

The United States and European Union are set to expand sanctions against Russia, if the conflict in Ukraine is not settled.

The party Communists of Russia has suggested it.

The agricultural production sector in Belarus made over $600 million selling food products to Russia just in August-September 2014.

The meeting of the EU committee of permanent representatives was held on Tuesday, October 28.

Huge trucks though to be filled with forbidden Polish tomatoes and other vegetables are being unloaded at the city wholesale market.

Russia bans the imports of Belarusian produce from October 20 over re-export violations of food sanctions introduced by Russian against the EU.

18 tons of Ukrainian tomatoes, re-exported from Belarus, were blocked by Russia on October 10.