Putin extended sanctions to Montenegro until 2018
Russian government stated yesterday that they would extend the sanctions for Montenegro until 2018.
“Ban on imports of certain agricultural products, materials and ingredients from the US, EU, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Lichtenstein has been extended from January 1st to December 31st of 2018”, the statement reads.
Russian government claims that these measures are set to extended economic retribution to certain countries, taking into account their involvement in anti-Russian sanctions.
The government has thus acted upon a decree from President Vladimir Putin. Putin signed a decree on extending Russian sanctions by 31 December 2018 on 30 June, a week after the EU decided to extend sanctions against Russia until January 2018.
In summer 2014, EU, the US, Canada, Japan and several others announced sanctions against certain individuals, companies, banks and other sectors of Russian economy due to Russian destabilizing activity in Ukraine. Montenegro joined the sanctions in 2014.
Source: CDM
