Russia began to destroy sanctions products

Belgorod has begun to destroy ten tons of sanction cheese, the Rosselkhoznadzor reported.

“The destruction of sanctioned products in Belgorod has begun. According to updated data, the batch of products to be destroyed is ten, not seven tons, as previously reported,” Rosselkhoznadzor press secretary Yulia Melano told the TASS agency.

According to her, the cheese will be crushed with the help of a skating rink, and then will be moved to a specially dug hole.

Three waggons (73 tons) of peaches and nectarines are also subject to destruction, but in what way, have not yet indicated. These fruits were detained on the border of Russia and Belarus. The accompanying documents indicated that peaches and nectarines were produced in Turkey.

“Suspicion of the Rosselkhoznadzor staff caused a very peculiar route for Turkish products to Russia - supposedly in transit through Greece, Moldova and Belarus,” the message reads. The check did not confirm the authenticity of the accompanying documents, writes «Medusa».

In accordance with by decree of the Russian president Vladimir Putin, on Thursday in Russia they were supposed to start destroying food prohibited for import.

On Thursday, it was also planned to destroy twenty tons of sanction cheese in Orenburg and pork in St. Petersburg.

Last Wednesday, the head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, Sergey Dankvert, announced the destruction of several hundred tons of sanctions products.

More than 150, thousands of Russians have already protested over the destruction of fresh produce and have supported the transfer of them to the needy citizens, by signing petition

In response, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov recalled that the decree was binding.

Russia in August 2014 of the year imposed an embargo on the import of products food from the countries that imposed sanctions on it because of the annexation of the Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine.