russia and greece plan to circumvent sanctions, launch joint projects november 4, 2016 - fort russ news - politrussia - translated by j. arnoldski - during russian foreign minister sergey lavrov<u+2019>s visit to greece, the development of plans for bypassing the anti-russian sanctions was discussed. this has been reported by izvestiya newspaper with references to a source in foreign policy circles. during the meeting, russia and greece recognized the negative consequences of the anti-russian sanctions imposed by the eu and the responsive embargo. <u+201c>greece, which supplies a large portion of agricultural products in russia, has suffered more than many of its eu colleagues. according to data from russia<u+2019>s federal customs service, in 2014 trade turnover decreased by 39.2% and in 2015 by 34%. however, russia and greece are searching for a solution to this problem. a source in russian foreign policy circles has told izvestiya that moscow proposed athens to circumvent the sanctions through the creation of joint ventures in the framework of the russian-greek commission on economic, industrial, and scientific-technical cooperation,<u+201d> the article reads. according to the source, russia cannot make exceptions for a single country, therefore it has proposed <u+201c>combined production.<u+201d> <u+201c>in the near future, we expect a response from the greek side on this matter. this question was raised at the talks in athens,<u+201d> the source remarked. follow us on facebook!
russia and greece plan to circumvent sanctions, launch joint projects
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