: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russia food ban hurts Moldova, bad omen for others


Two weeks before Russia banned most food from the West, it placed a similar embargo on produce closer to home in Moldova, a small Eastern European country seeking deeper ties with the European Union.

Farmers here in one of the poorest corners of Europe are already feeling the pain, with some deciding not to harvest some of their fruit and vegetables at all this season.

In late July Russia banned foods from Moldova and Ukraine — both former Soviet republics that the Kremlin wants to keep in its sphere of influence — after they moved to deepen their political and economic ties …read more

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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