The Kremlin’s ban on many imported foods from the European Union, the United States and a number of other Western countries is reported to be already pushing up prices in Russian shops.<br /><br />Local officials said pork was up by six percent in Moscow supermarkets since the self-imposed food sanctions took effect on August 7. Fish, milk and cheese prices has also risen. <br /><br />Elsewhere even bigger jumps have been recorded, with chicken pieces reportedly costing 60 percent more on the island of Sakhalin. <br /><br />The one-year ban is in retaliation for Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.<br /><br />The prime minister’s office is promising that alternative sources will be available soon. <br /><br />Russia previously imported half the fish, milk, beef and cheese consumed there.
