MOSCOW (AP) — Russia marked the one-year anniversary of its ban on Western agricultural products Thursday with an effort to destroy contraband food, a move that has raised controversy amid the nation’s economic downturn.President Vladimir Putin’s order to destroy the illegal imports underlines the Kremlin’s determination to enforce the ban amid continuing tensions with the West over the Ukrainian crisis.More than 250,000 people signed an online petition urging the Kremlin to give the contraband food to the poor instead of destroying it. Coupled with the ruble’s sharp depreciation, the ban on Western food has helped drive consumer prices up, pushing …read more
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