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File photo of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin toasting with beer during a visit to a self-service restaurant in Moscow May 1, 2012. Russia will ban fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told a government meeting August 7, 2014. The decision follows a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin ordering the government to ban or limit food imports from countries that imposed sanctions on Moscow for its support of rebels in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. “There is nothing good in sanctions and it wasn't an easy decision to take, but we had to do it”, Medvedev said. The ban is valid from August 7 and will last for one year, he said. (Photo by Dmitry Astakhov/Reuters/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)
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