Russia began to destroy sanctions products

In Belgorod, the destruction of ten tons of sanctioned cheese has begun, Rosselkhoznadzor reported. “The destruction of sanctioned products in Belgorod has begun. According to updated data, the batch of products to be destroyed is ten, not seven tons, as previously reported,” said Rosselkhoznadzor press secretary Yulia Melano...

The petition in defense of sanction products was signed by 150 of thousands of Russians.

The petition against the destruction of products banned in Russia under the food embargo received more than 150 signatures. The petition titled "To repeal the decree on the destruction of food, to adopt a law on the free transfer of food and consumer goods to the needy categories of Russian citizens" is published on the Change.org website. It says that the embargo ...

In Russia, the banned cheese will be bulldozed

Assistant to the head of Rosselkhoznadzor Alexey Alekseenko told how exactly the sanctioned products will be destroyed. “Usually plant products are simply plowed in specially designated areas. The meat is sent to recycling plants, where it is processed into meat and bone meal. This flour can be used as feed for...

In Russia, sanctions goods will be destroyed on the spot

Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees with the idea of ​​destroying sanctioned goods imported into Russia on the spot. This way of solving the problem was proposed by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev. He was supported by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. At the end of June, the Russian authorities extended the embargo on the supply of products from ...

Russian manufacturers save on raw materials and food packaging

Food manufacturers save on raw materials and packaging. They are forced to take such measures in conditions of a decrease in purchasing power with a simultaneous increase in the cost of production. According to a source close to the Rusprodsoyuz Association of Food Producers and Suppliers, a number of tea producers are switching to cheaper raw materials and reducing the weight of tea ...

Russia extended food embargo

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending the embargo on the supply of a number of food products from countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia. The ban on supplies will remain in effect for another year. The list of goods subject to the embargo will be drawn up by the Russian government. Aide to the President of Russia Andrei Belousov said earlier, ...

Russia bans the transit of poultry products from the United States

Russia has been banning the transit of live poultry, poultry meat and other poultry products from the United States since June 10. “This decision is due to the fact that bird flu is spreading in the United States, and we have facts that American products that were in transit to other countries...

Crew ISS got under Russian sanctions

The crew of the International Space Station was hit by a Russian food embargo in response to Western sanctions in 2014. This is stated in the report of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation. The embargo applies to products to be delivered from the US to the ISS by Russian ships. In January 2015, a batch of American products for ...

Russian market is flooded with fake food

After the imposition of the embargo and the devaluation of the ruble, the Russian market is flooded with fake food. Imports of palm oil, which is used to make fake milk, cottage cheese and cheese, rose by a third. The share of fake dairy products for certain categories of goods can reach 50%. The Rosselkhoznadzor ...

In Crimea, organized a gourmet tour to Ukraine for food

A Crimean “entrepreneur” from Sevastopol gathers groups for food shopping trips to mainland Ukraine. A trip to buy food will cost residents of occupied Crimea 2,5 thousand rubles. ($51) According to an ad from a Crimean, those wishing to go on a “gourmet tour” are gathered at night in Sevastopol and…

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