Concerned that they haven't banned enough imported food already, Russian officials ban some more imported food

Russia's Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decree limiting state purchases of certain types of foreign foodstuffs. Banned products include processed and preserved fish, caviar and caviar substitutes, crustaceans and mollusks, beef, veal, pork, poultry, milk and dairy products, brown rice, sugar, and salt, among others.

Furthermore, foreign suppliers of these products will not be admitted to food auctions if there are at least two Russian companies or companies from countries within the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan).

These restrictions do not apply to commercial procurement and will not affected food supplies in stores, though foreign products are already limited in Russian shops, as the country announced an embargo against Western foodstuffs in 2014 in response to Western sanctions imposed for Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for armed rebels in eastern Ukraine.

In July 2015, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the destruction of the sanctioned products. In early August 2015, Russia began publicly crushing forbidden fruits and cheeses with tractors to demonstrate the consequences of smuggling.