Sanctions against Russia

The Russian Central Bank says it has prepared an emergency scenario in case the situation deteriorates.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Leanid Marynich says Belarus' losses can total $100 million due to the ban of Belarus foodstuffs in Russia.

Russia stopped transit of foodstuffs from Belarus on 24 November on suspicion of re-export.

The price of oil plunges after the oil producers' cartel OPEC decided not to cut output at the meeting in Vienna yesterday.

Russian official says Kazakhstan is yet to react to the proposed solution of foodstuff exports ban for Belarus.

Moscow moves to stop the import of goods through Belarus, which it believes infringes on Russia's embargo against foodstuffs from the European Union.

The country promised to coordinate its policy in complicated issues with the EU earlier.

The collegium of the Belarusian and Russian Ministries of Foreign Affairs is meeting in the Belarusian capital today, on November 18.

The EU is not to immediately impose new sanctions on Russia