Putin hits back with ban on food from sanction nations, U.S & E.U.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday slapped one-year bans and limits on food and agricultural imports from nations that have imposed sanctions on Russia over its defiant stance on Ukraine. The decision marks yet another escalation in a furious diplomatic stand-off that has seen Russia slip into growing international isolation and the onset of what some US media are calling a "new Cold War".

Putin hits back with ban on food from sanction nations

Russia’s agricultural and veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said Wednesday that Moscow would impose a ban on imports of all agricultural products from the United States, as well as fruits and vegetables from all the countries of the European Union.

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Also on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appeared to threaten the partial closure of Russian airspace to Western airlines in retaliation for the sanctions that have put a squeeze on Russia's financial, energy and defence sectors. A new low-cost Russian airline, Dobrolet, was forced to ground its flights to the annexed peninsula of Crimea after the leases on its planes were affected by sanctions enacted last week.

Russia bans food imports from US, EU