Russia temporarily banned imports of canned fish from Latvia and Estonia on Thursday on health grounds, prompting Latvian accusations that Moscow was trying to apply political pressure on the Baltic region.
Relations between the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been tense since the crisis over the pro-Russian separatist conflict in Ukraine erupted last year, stirring East-West tensions unseen since the Cold War.
The crisis has made Moscow uneasy about the Baltic trio’s membership of NATO and the euro zone. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are all former Soviet republics bordering on Russia.
Russian veterinary service authorities said the ban was due …read more
Source: Voice of America
