Friday, April 13, 2018

Russian Lawmakers Want To Ban U.S. Products, Suspend Titanium Exports, And End Missile And Nuclear Cooperation

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RT: Russia to suspend nuclear, rocket cooperation with America, ban US tobacco & alcohol – draft law

Russian lawmakers have drafted a bill suspending cooperation with US companies in the nuclear, missile and aircraft-building spheres, as well as introducing restrictions on imports of alcohol and tobacco produced in the US.

“The bill is about alcohol and tobacco products and about ceasing or suspending international cooperation in the nuclear sphere, rocket engine building and aircraft building between Russian companies and organizations under US jurisdiction,” one of the bill’s sponsors, MP Ivan Melnikov (Communist Party), was quoted as saying in the State Duma’s Twitter message.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Russian economy is too small to be denying itself markets. I doubt any cutoff's occur.

Unknown said...

The cutoffs need to happen.

China cut off Japan from rare -earth metals.

Japan went prospecting and found a mother lode.

Hell yes, Russia should cut off the U.S. They can cut off their , while they are at it.