Russian restrictions will damage export of Ukrainian goods through this country, Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Natalya Mikolskaya said.

She reminded that the order signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the list of restrictive measures against Ukrainian goods exporting through Russia.

“98% of Ukrainian goods ($682 million) are exported to Kazakhstan, 93.9% to Kyrgyzstan through Russia ($70 million)”, the deputy minister said.

She added that due to Russian restrictions, Ukraine has lost 47.9% of export to Kazakhstan, 70% to Kyrgyzstan, 53% to Azerbaijan, 44% to Turkmenistan, 35% to Uzbekistan, 53% to Tajikistan.