Poland said Tuesday that Russia's ban on food imports (meat and plant products) was costing its agricultural industry about one million dollars per day in lost revenues.

Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller complained Russian authorities had imposed the ban indiscriminately.

Meller conceded that some Polish products enter Russia illegally and falsification of sanitary certificates may have occurred, but objected to the sweeping ban on meat and vegetable imports.

"It is a somewhat surprising that there is such a sweeping reaction because of a few dishonest exporters," Meller told Ekho Moskvy radio. "This ban impacts everyone," he added.

Last week, Russia banned Polish meat products and extended the ban to nearly all agricultural products on November 14.

Many in Poland see the ban as politically motivated. First, it is seen as a retaliation against PiS for its anti-Russian rhetoric in the runup to elections. Second, the ban came days after a report surfaced that Gazprom, which supplies around 42% of Poland's natural gas, wants to review gas prices for Poland.

Meller said "That's why Poles are having a hard time believing that all of this is a coincidence."

Russia accounts for around 7% of total Polish exports.