In pictures: Russia bans US chicken in sanctions war

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  Russia currently accounts for about 7 per cent of total US poultry export volume, down from as much as 40 per cent in the 1990s. Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP

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  Chicken prices in Russia have been rising at a rate of 2 per cent to 3 per cent a week. In 2013, Russia imported US$6.7 billion of meat and meat products in total. Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP

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  The United States exported about US$1.2 billion in food and agricultural goods to Russia in 2013, less than one per cent of total US agriculture exports. Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP

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  Russia received up to 55 per cent of its agricultural imports from the countries it has so far sanctioned, including the United States, European Union, Ukraine, Australia and Canada. The poultry industry in the US exported over $300 million worth of food to Russia in 2013. Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP

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  Almost half of Russia’s meat imports, about 47 per cent, in 2013 came from the countries it has slapped sanctions on, according to UN Food and Agriculture Organization figures. Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP

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  The United States exported about US$1.2 billion in food and agricultural goods to Russia in 2013, less than one per cent of total US agriculture exports. Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP

Russia has banned agricultural imports from Australia, Canada, the EU, the US and Norway in retaliation for sanctions imposed by American and European governments.