on August 5, 2013 in World News
Belarus and Russia in a ‘chocolate war’ against Ukraine
Belarus and Russia in a ‘chocolate war’ against Ukraine Minsk has decided to support its Customs Union ally Moscow and ban the Ukrainian confectionary firm Roshen from entering Russia. The so-called ‘chocolate war’ with Russia could cost Roshen an estimated $200mn. Belarus will not allow confectionery manufactured by Roshen to cross its territory, the Belarusian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday. That’s after the Russian sanitary services banned the confectioners products after the toxic hydrocarbon benzopyrene was found in Roshen milk chocolate. While Roshen products are still being tested by the country’s sanitary controls department, “the Belarusian… View Article
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