After food ban, Russian stores sell shrimp 'from Belarus'
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Euraktiv] Aug 20, 2014
Massive fraud is reported after Moscow introduced counter-sanctions, prohibiting the importation of food from Western countries that undertook measures to punish Russia for the annexation of Crimea, and for destabilising eastern Ukraine. For example, shellfish are labelled as hailing from Belarus, even though the country is landlocked.
The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reports that shoppers in Kursk have purchased shrimp labelled as originating from Belarus.
Ukrainian newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli reports that Russians have started joking about the arrival of such misrepresented goods...
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