Russia turns back 40 tonnes of banned fish re-exported via 
Ukraine
 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

MOSCOW - Russian veterinary standards officials have 
detected two large batches of fish from Spain and Norway 
being re-exported via Ukraine to the Crimean republic, side-
stepping Moscow's embargo on imports from the West.

 

The first batch of more than 20 tonnes of quick-frozen 
Notothenia fish produced in Spain was marked as fish from 
Argentina and was due for delivery by a Ukrainian producer 
to the Russian republic of Crimea, Rosselkhoznadzor agency 
inspectors said in a report.

A second batch of nearly 19 tonnes of quick-frozen fish 
supplied by another Ukrainian enterprise was found to 
contain 8.5 tonnes of Norwegian salmon and more than 10 
tonnes of Notothenia fish from the British-ruled Falkland 
Islands.