The Minister of economic development of Russia reported that the Ministry plans to carry out further work with experts before taking concrete steps. Designated period of intended appeal Alexei Ulyukayev explained the holiday season.

The Rosselkhoznadzor since 30 January 2014 banned in Russia pork products from EU countries to obtain security guarantees from the European Commission. The decision was made after an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was recorded in Lithuania. In mid-February, another hotbed of African swine fever was detected in Poland.

In the EU, this ban was called a disproportionate and sent a request to the WTO with a request to form an expert group on settlement of the dispute over Russia imposed a ban on the import of pork products from EU countries. The WTO had deemed illegal the ban of Russia pork import from the EU.