MOSCOW // Government plans for the mass destruction of banned Western food imports in Russia have provoked outrage in a country where poverty rates are soaring and memories remain of famine during Soviet times.Even some Kremlin allies are expressing shock at the idea of “food crematoria” while one orthodox priest has denounced the campaign, which officially began on Thursday, as insane and sinful. However, the authorities are determined to press on with destroying illegal imports they consider “a security threat”.
Russian television showed a small mountain of illegally imported European cheese being bulldozed on Thursday while even before the official start, …read more
Source: The National
