date:May 20, 2016
After last weeks announcement that the boycott would be extended, confirmation of at least the boycott of pumpkins and courgette followed in the Moscow Times yesterday. The boycott will be imposed on 19 May. We decided to set up temporary import restrictions for courgettes and pumpkins, as phytosanitary violations were discovered, said a senior official of the Russian phytosanitary inspectorate.
According to other reports a complete boycott of Turkey is not under discussion, also because negoti