1.   Even with the tariffs, though, it has been hard for Russian poultry producers to compete.

2.   The stampede began after Russian poultry production plummeted in the economic upheaval that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Americans rushed in to fill the void.

3.   The U.S. says the move is an attempt to slow imports and bolster the sagging Russian poultry industry.

4.   The Russian poultry ban came just as the United States was introducing new tariffs on steel, a major Russian export.