And now for another sanctions update (from RFE/RL's news desk):
Russia says it has banned meat imports from Montenegro in an effort to close loopholes on a ban against food products from the European Union.
Russia’s agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor made the announcement today.
The Interfax news agency quoted Rosselkhoznadzor Director Sergei Dankvert as saying that Montenegro may have allowed shipments of EU meat to Russia with fake certificates from the former Yugoslav republic.
Dankvert added that Albania and Macedonia would face similar bans if the two countries do not dispel doubts about their certificates by November 24.
Montenegro mainly supplied pork and pork products to Russia.
But Dankvert's assistant, Alexei Alekseyenko, said Montenegro "was not a major player on the market of imported meat products," adding that the ban "will not do harm to the range of imported products" from the country
(TASS, dpa)