Peskov, the adviser trump: Russians prefer the snow delicacies – RIA Novosti

12:0017.01.2017

(updated: 13:50 17.01.2017)

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MOSCOW, 17 Jan – RIA Novosti. Russian prefer is not snow, and delicious specialities of domestic production, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the words of Advisor to Donald trump.

As earlier reported mass media, the Advisor elected President of the USA Anthony of Scaramucci said that “the Russians are able to eat snow to survive,” explaining that the futility of sanctions against Moscow.

“what, the sanctions largely have the opposite effect, and for the country against which the sanctions are imposed in respect of the country that imposes sanctions, we talked about this repeatedly and for a long time. In the case of metaphors, you probably can agree with this, although I would have said that, of course, I guess Russians still prefer snow to eat, and delicious specialities of domestic production, which is becoming more and more due to the sanctions,” — said Peskov.

After the reunification of the Crimea with Russia, the EU and the US imposed restrictive measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted food imports from countries that joined the sanctions. A ban were meat and sausages, dairy products, vegetables and fruits.

While Russia is within two years of the embargo have learned to provide themselves with internal resources, acknowledged last August by Bloomberg.

According to him, the consumption of imported products was at historic lows. For example, in the first quarter of last year the share of imported cheese in the domestic market fell to 23%, compared to 49% in 2014.

Predamage positive effect on the development of agriculture, the market is saturated due to the increase in the supply of domestic products, said the head of the Ministry Alexander Tkachev.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in December stated that the import failed.