Russia’s Nov. 1 sanctions don’t affect goods imports from Ukraine, Interfax reports from Moscow.

Russia’s Nov. 1 sanctions don’t affect goods imports from Ukraine, Interfax reports from Moscow. An anonymous source “in the financial-economic section of Russia’s government” says the Nov. 1 resolution “only affects financial relations and doesn’t impose a ban on trade agreements involving third parties.” Concorde Capital’s Zenon Zawada writes: “This report confirms that the Russian government is just as concerned about lost trade with Ukraine as Ukraine is with lost trade with Russia… this is the latest of many signals that the Russian elite is actually nervous and acting with great caution.”