new Delhi: Responding to Western sanctions, Russia on Thursday approved a list of 200 items and equipment to temporarily bar their exports from the country.
“The government has approved a list of imported goods and equipment that are temporarily prohibited from being exported from Russia. The decision will be effective till the end of 2022,” read a press release from the Russian government, according to ANI.
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It has been adopted in pursuance of the Presidential Executive Order on the Application of Special Economic Measures in Foreign Economic Activity to ensure the security of the Russian Federation, the release said.
Which things are prohibited?
The catalog includes more than 200 products, including technical, telecommunications and medical equipment, vehicles, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, as well as railway cars and locomotives, containers, turbines, metal and stone cutting machines, video displays, projectors, consoles. and switchboards are included.
Such items are prohibited from exporting to all countries, except the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the release said.
“These measures are a logical response to those imposed against Russia and are aimed at ensuring the uninterrupted functioning of key sectors of the economy,” the economy ministry said according to Reuters.
In fact, there may be further action, including banning foreign ships from entering Russian ports and allowing Russian airlines to register jets leased from Western firms as their property, the government said.
The proposed measures come amid Western sanctions against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine aimed at crippling Russia’s energy-dependent economy.