Putin Bans Import of Food From Countries That Sanctioned Russia

New Republic ^ | 8/6/2014 | Julia Ioffe

[lodi90]

Today, "with the goal of protecting Russia's national interests," Vladimir Putin issued a decree "banning or limiting" the import of food stuffs from countries that imposed sanctions on Russia after pro-Russian separatists shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine. That includes the United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and Canada.

Russia, despite once being the bread basket of Europe, now imports 40 percent of its food. And even if local growers and producers step up to fill the gap left by the ban, it will still take a long time and the transition will be rough.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Commies have a difficult time understanding markets.

Don’t tease.

[free_life]

Squeeze them till they bleed to death or the Russian serfs revolt against the Thugacracy under Putin.

[1010RD]

If Poland were serious it would copy our 2nd Amendment and enforce it.

[wetphoenix]

~If Poland were serious it would copy our 2nd Amendment and enforce it.~

Bingo. They aren’t Soviet because Soviets went bankrupt and couldn’t support their subjects anymore.
Now they have another metropoly and still no 2nd Amendment in sight.

[1010RD]

Do you know Solzhenitsyn’s quote about how they burned in the camps at the chance to have acted prior? Poland will feel that way about gun rights, but too late. At the very worst they could take on the Swiss model.