Forbidden food and contraband clothes: the Russian sanctions quiz

Basia Cummings and Maeve Shearlaw

Thursday, 27 Aug 2015

# European Union

# Vladimir Putin

As Fairy Liquid becomes the latest product banned by Moscow in response to western sanctions, test your knowledge of the ever-expanding blacklist

Contributors

Basia Cummings

Basia Cummings was a commissioning editor at the Guardian

Maeve Shearlaw

Maeve Shearlaw is a video producer at the Guardian. Twitter @maeveshearlaw

Basia Cummings and Maeve Shearlaw

Thursday, 27 Aug 2015

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