April 8, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Moscow. Beside other economic and political issues, they discussed the Russian food ban. Putin said that Russia couldn’t make exception for one country and that ending sanctions would be the best way. Putin said that Russia could not make an exception for Greece and lift the food ban only for that country, but there was an opportunity for compromise: to organize joint ventures of Russian and Greek companies, in this case Greek products could be imported to Russia. “It will not cause any harm to our producers, as they will be involved in the process,” – said Vladimir Putin.