In pictures: Russia bans Polish produce in sanctions war

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  Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev also announced sweeping bans on fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the United States, the EU, Australia, Canada and Norway, effective one year. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  Fruit and vegetables from Armenia stand to gain with the Russian ban on Polish produce importation in place. Above, employees sort and pack apples inside a RAJPOL facility. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  Poland is the world’s largest exporter of apples with more than two-thirds of them going to Russia, valued at €273 million last year. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  The sanctions would trim 0.6 percentage points from Poland's economic growth this year. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  Statistics suggest the average Pole ate 13.5kg of apples in 2013, down from 23kg a decade earlier. Above, an employee sorts and packs apples at inside the facility of a Polish producer. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  The European Commission had recently granted 4 million euros for a marketing campaign to promote Polish apples in India and China, part of an attempt to tap into new markets. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  Apples are displayed in a wheel barrow during an event promoting Polish apples in Warsaw. Franciszek Mazur / Agencja Gazeta / Reuters

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  Fruit and vegetables from Armenia stand to gain with the Russian ban on Polish produce importation in place. Above, employees sort and pack apples inside a RAJPOL facility. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  Poland is the world’s largest exporter of apples with more than two-thirds of them going to Russia, valued at €273 million last year. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  Statistics suggest the average Pole ate 13.5kg of apples in 2013, down from 23kg a decade earlier. Above, an employee sorts and packs apples at inside the facility of a Polish producer. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

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  Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev also announced sweeping bans on fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the United States, the EU, Australia, Canada and Norway, effective one year. Filip Klimaszewski / Reuters

Russia officially closed its borders to Polish fruit and vegetables, depriving farmers and exporters of a market worth more than €300 million last year.