First of all, the EU imposed in the conflict in Ukraine sanctions against Russia. However, Russia moved in with import is prohibited into the field. Helped the counter-strike little.
Of food from the EU one searches in the Russian supermarket in vain
In August 2014 imposed President Vladimir Putin a ban on the import of agricultural and food products from the EU. In 2015, he ordered the destruction of foodstuffs from the EU, which are illegally brought to Russia. The balance sheet of the sanctions against sanctions falls to lean.
Higher costs for the Russian consumer
The of Russia imposed a ban on the import costs of the Russian GDP of 0.2 percentage points, told the Moscow Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA). At first glance, this seems to be a little. However, the ban led to an increase in the price of a range of Goods.
Alexei Portanskij of the Higher school of Economics in Moscow, said the DW, although would have increased after the ban on the import of Russian companies in production, but have not led to price reductions. “The producers, that there is no normal competition. You want to make a Profit,” says the expert. The Russian Academy of national economy and Public service under the President of the Russian Federation estimates that every Russian has to spend since the counter-sanctions in section 4400 rubles (about 320 Euro) per year.
Against sanctions, import substitution promote
After the counter-sanctions import substitution developed in Russia quickly. “The Import of pork was decreased by two-thirds, of poultry by about 60 percent and of vegetables by about half,” said Alexei Portanskij of the Moscow Higher school of Economics. On the basis of import substitution were then increased in the first two to three years, the shares of Russian food producers.
Lower quality food
After the import ban of vacant niches to be occupied by mostly Russian manufacturer. Also, some of the exports from the CIS countries, Latin America, Asia and Africa. However, under the rapid production growth in Russia, the quality suffered, according to the experts, especially in the case of cheese and milk. “The market is flooded with low-quality milk products,” said in an interview with DW, Olga Fetischtschewa from the Moscow consulting firm, SRG-Group. In addition, the import of palm oil rose after Russia, which is used as a cheaper substitute for milk fat.
Within three years, destroyed in Russia, over 27,000 tons of “banned” food from the EU
Destruction of food
As food which are subject to sanctions, to Russia. In three years, the authorities have destroyed a total of almost 26,000 tonnes of such food with bulldozers, including Polish Apples and Turkish tomatoes. More than 500,000 people signed a Petition to distribute such products to the needy Russians. Has not been observed.
According to data of the Russian customs are introduced, with each year, more food illegally to Russia. So in 2016, 3000 tons, and in 2017, were destroyed 8000 tons.
Problems within the Eurasian economic Union
Usually products that are subject to sanctions to get Belarus and Kazakhstan to Russia. Together with Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, these countries will form the Eurasian economic Union. For example, in the Internet there are a lot of jokes about “oysters, and tropical fruits from white Russia”.
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Alexei Portanskij said, the Russian bans on EU-would lead imports to tensions within the Eurasian economic Union. “The countries with the Russian counter-sanctions do not agree with. Normally, such an organization must have a common line. The result is a illicit goods is in transit”, so Portanskij. According to him, the Commission of the economic Union accuses the Russian customs to be in breach of the rules of the organization, by controlled Trucks.
Any rapid lifting of sanctions
Portanskij find that the are against sanctions for Russia negative. “For us, political considerations, the desire to prevail to strike ‘back’. Therefore, the economic effect is not so great,” he said. With the sanctions, you have to want to achieve that producers in the EU to urge their governments, the sanctions against Russia quickly repealed. “But that’s not going to happen. That’s why they brought against sanctions a total of nothing,” says the expert.
Now, however, Moscow could no longer just get out of the Sanction race. Portanskij according to Moscow’s negative rhetoric and Propaganda against the West, Russia in the way of its counter-sanctions to be lifted.