According to Stadnyk, American exports to Russia of food products embargoed, have declined sharply to the level of statistical error, and these market niches is a players from other countries, and Russian companies themselves.

"According to expert estimates, obtained on the basis of statistical data of the United States, their direct losses from Russia imposed countermeasures can be of the order of 2.25 billion dollars (over three years), and a missed opportunity in the growth of exports by commodity groups subject to Russian retaliatory measures, to the level of 1.8-2.2 billion dollars a year", he concluded.

According to expert assessment of the special Rapporteur of the UN Council on human rights of Idriss jazaïry, the loss of the countries that initiated sanctions against Russia, be more than $ 100 billion. However, according to the French research centre for world economy Centre d'etudes Prospectives et d Informations Internationales (CEPII), 82% of lost sales go to export products do not fall under Russian food embargo.

Recall, 6 August 2014 Russia imposed retaliatory measures to sanctions, imposing limitations on the import into Russia of certain types of food from countries of the European Union and also the USA, Australia, Canada and Norway.

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