Exchange of goods and services between the two neighbouring countries has been virtually non-existent since the war
Ukraine has banned all imports from Russia, one of its key trading partners before the war with annual imports valued at about $6-billion, and called on other countries to follow and impose harsher economic sanctions on Moscow.
“From now on, no Russian Federation’s products will be able to be imported into the territory of our state.”on Feb. 24, exchange of goods and services between the two neighbouring countries has been virtually non-existent, but Saturday’s move makes the termination of imports a law.
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