Patients in Russia may not worry - the ban on the import of drugs from the US and a number of other countries will not affect drugs that do not have a replacement for domestic production. This was stated by the deputy speaker of the State Duma Peter Tolstoy. He stressed that the bill on reciprocal measures on US sanctions does not in any way infringe on the rights and opportunities of Russians. "Specifically, in the draft law, in terms of restrictions, it is stipulated that, for example, medicines that are not produced on the territory of the Russian Federation, which have no analogues in the territory of the Russian Federation, can not get under the action of these measures," the REGNUM MP. Tolstoy noted that Moscow was never the initiator of unfriendly steps. However, the sanctions policy of the US and its allies leaves no choice: "We are being forced to defend the interests of our country, the interests of our citizens and the independent sovereign foreign policy of the Russian president, including measures," said the vice speaker of the State Duma. On Friday, April 13, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, together with the leaders of all the Duma factions, introduced for parliamentarians a document presupposing Russia's retaliatory measures against the actions of the US and several Western countries.

In particular, we are talking about the ban on the import of American agricultural products, alcohol, tobacco.