The Kremlin announced today that needs more details regarding information about an EU plan to impose tariffs on Russian grain.

The representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov he noted that Moscow is aware of a Financial Times report, but the timing and other details need to be clarified before Russia decides what its response will be.

The Financial Times reports today, citing sources familiar with the plans in Brussels, that the European Union is preparing to move ahead with imposing tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus to appease farmers and some states members.

Asked at the same time about a Reuters article that Mr President Vladimir Putin will visit China in May, Peskov said that various foreign trips of Putin are planned and preparatory high-level contacts are underway regarding them.

Reuters reported earlier today, citing five sources familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named, that Putin will travel to China in May for talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in what is likely to be his first overseas trip since his victory. in the presidential elections in Russia.

The Kremlin spokesman also said the Russian president was to attend a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) today.