On Wednesday, the EU Council adopted the formal decision to extend by six months of economic restrictive measures against Russia in force until the end of July 2017.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday announced that the government will submit to the President proposals on the extension of measures on sanctions the European Union until 31 December 2018, this issue has been discussed with Vladimir Putin.
"Good impact", — said Tkachev, responding to a question, the response measures of the Russian Federation on the extension of sanctions will affect agriculture.
"Our farmers would like to extend the sanctions of the Russian Federation for 10 years. They (sanctions – ed.) has a positive effect on the growth of agriculture, we see it is clear. So we don't get hurt, only benefit", — the Minister added.
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