Medvedev gave such an indication pursuant to the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on February 23 at the forum of "Business Russia", which took place on 6 February.

"The Ministry of industry and trade, Ministry of economic development of Russia and the Ministry of Finance to take measures to ensure the effective protection of the Russian manufacturers of herbicides from dumping. Deadline: April 16, 2019", — stated in the message.

In addition, the Ministry of economic development, the Ministry of industry, Ministry of agriculture, the Ministry of justice and the Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS) has been instructed in the period 16 April to develop Russia's position on the issue of the change making mechanism in the Eurasian economic Union, collective decisions about the use of protective measures, based on the need to protect Russian producers from dumping.