Scenario: Russia Joins the World Russia, a former totalitarian economy and pariah state, took steps toward a free market economy. The government encouraged trade but also wanted to find a balance so that local businesses and industries are not harmed. Which of the following is the most likely reason for Russia's government to impose an import quota? to maintain adequate supplies of a product in the home market to maintain market shares and prices of domestic producers to restrict the supply of a product to world markets to maintain the exports of a product at target levels