ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- More than 6.5 tons of powdered milk imported from Czech will be destroyed in St. Petersburg, local media reported on Monday.
The powdered milk imported from the Czech Republic was seized in a port, the report said.
Russia prohibits imports of certain agricultural products from Europe since 2014 in response to the bloc's anti-Russian sanctions. More than 7,500 tons of food from Europe have been destroyed since August 2015.
On July 1, 2016, the EU announced that it will extend the economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until Jan. 31, 2017.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 29 signed a decree to extend embargo on food imports from the European Union (EU) and other countries in response to the ongoing Western sanctions against Moscow.
In line with the decree, special economic restrictive measures will be extended from Aug. 6, 2016 to the end of 2017, in order to ensure Russia's national security.
The United States and the EU have slapped several rounds of sanctions over Russia's absorption of Crimea and involvement in the Ukraine crisis since July 2014.
Moscow has repeatedly denied the accusations over the Ukraine crisis, stressing that Western sanctions were counterproductive.
