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In mid-May 2016, the Russian Government approved the National Report on Quarantine and Phytosanitary Status of the Territory of the Russian Federation (Government Resolution No. 871 of May 11, 2016).

As one of the world's leading producers and exporters of oil and gas, biofuels have an insignificant share in the overall energy production matrix of Russia, with an estimate of only 1.2 percent...

Draft Rules on Reimbursement of Costs to Banks Providing Loans to Ag Producers… Six Ministers of Fisheries of Northern Atlantic Region Discusses Issues of Fish Conservation…

In May, Russian Ministry of Finance was given the responsibility to formulate and implement State policy and legal regulations in the sphere of production and circulation of ethyl alcohol...

During the first 10 months of 2015, retail whiskey sales in Russia amounted to 41 million liters - 5 percent less than the same period in 2014.

On May 27, 2016, the Russian Government issued decree No. 472, amending the list of agricultural products that are subject to Russia’s food ban to exclude frozen beef, poultry...

GOR Approved National Report on Quarantine and Phytosanitary Status … MinAg Reports on Positive Dynamics in Livestock Insurance… April 2016 Survey of the Major Owners of Agricultural Land…

Red Fish Supplies Deficit Reported . . . Russian Fishermen Catch Down . . . Russian Imports of Milk and Vegetables Down . . . Chinese Fruits and Vegetables Exports to Russia Up . . .

GOR approved Resolution #1495, “On introduction changes into export customs tariff rates for commodities, exported from the Russian Federation outside of the boundaries of states..."

On December 9, 2014, Russia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of draft Technical Regulation of the Customs Union (CU) “On Safety of Poultry and Products of its Processing.”

Russia’s Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service announced temporary restrictions for imports of US poultry, poultry by-products, and prepared products from poultry as of December 5.

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture increased the price level for purchases of wheat of 2014 crop for the State Intervention Fund by approximately fifty percent.