MOSCOW, October 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended the restrictions imposed in March on the import and export of several categories of goods and raw materials until 2023, as per a decree published on the official Internet portal of legal information on Wednesday.

The document amends Decree No. 100 "On the application of special economic measures in the field of foreign economic activity to ensure the security of the Russian Federation" dated March 8, 2022. Under that decree the government is authorized to make an index of goods and raw materials, the import and export of which is prohibited or restricted.

The decree also entrusted the Cabinet of Ministers to compile a list of countries with which trade would be restricted in accordance with the document. At the same time, the import and export of goods intended for personal use was not prohibited.

Under the decree, the Russian government suspended the export of more than 200 types of goods and equipment previously imported into the country from abroad. The list includes, in particular, technological, telecommunications, medical equipment, vehicles, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment. An exception was made for countries-partners in the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Russian government also banned the export of certain types of timber to unfriendly countries.