Russian authorities have bulldozed and burnt a huge pile of food imported from the West — leading to an outcry by anti-poverty campaigners.
Russia announced an import ban on food products from the European Union and the United States last August in response to the sanctions imposed on it because of its actions in Ukraine.
To mark the one-year anniversary of the ban, Russia on Thursday destroyed food that it says was imported in violation of the sanctions. The destruction began in the city of Belgorod, with state television showing a bulldozer tearing into a seven-ton mound of cheese suspected of being …read more
Source: European Voice
