Russia threatens trade war against Poland

It concerns mainly plastic products, construction materials and medicines. According to the paper's estimates, the value of Polish exports to Russia would decrease from USD 4 to 2.5-2 billion. The Kremlin did not deny the revelations. Kommersant claims that the Russian government wants Polish business to pay for the lack of prudence on the part of the Kaczynski brothers. The publishing of this information coincided with the Russian-EU inspection of the Polish meat processing plants which, as Poland hopes, will lead to the lifting of the ban on the imports of Polish meat to Russia. "If Russia wants to impose economic sanctions on Poland, it means sanctions on the EU as well," declared Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. "Poland will never agree to be treated like a country that does not belong to the EU," he added. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1,2,4,5,26,27) E.B.