This decision was taken by the government of Ukraine at a meeting on Wednesday, thus supporting a proposal of the Ministry of economic development and trade of Ukraine (MEDT).

"Is the draft resolution which proposed to extend until December 31, 2017 ban on the import into the customs territory of Ukraine of goods originated from Russia, approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers from December 30, 2015 No. 1147," — said the Minister of economic development and trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv, introducing the resolution.

He noted that the resolution prepared by the national security Council and defense of Ukraine in response to the introduction of the Russian Federation of the relevant trade restrictions on Ukraine.

As reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin on 29 June extended until the end of 2017, the food embargo against countries that imposed sanctions against Russia. Acts of the Russian embargo for Ukrainian goods from 1 January 2016. In response, the government of Ukraine since the beginning of this year approved the trading of countermeasures and banned the delivery of Russian food and other goods, the total import value of which corresponds to the cost of prohibited Russian of Ukrainian exports.