Russia will ban the import of a variety of fruits and vegetables from four countries

Russia's Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Agency said it had banned the import of tomatoes and peppers from Armenia's Almaville state since December 14 because of the discovery of Pepino mosaic virus in these products. "The Russian Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Agency considers it necessary to ban the import of tomatoes and peppers exported and/or produced in the State of Almaville, Republic of Armenia, from 14 December 2020 in order to prevent the entry and spread of the anchovies leaf virus into and within Russian territory,"
said.
previously found that vegetables imported from the region were infected with the virus.
" Russian Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Agency has also banned the import of tomatoes and apples from Azerbaijan since 10 December because of the discovery of pests.
the technical error and announced plans to address the problem.
last year, Azerbaijan was Russia's largest supplier of tomatoes.
addition, Russia's Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Agency said it might stop importing tomatoes from two regions of Turkey because there are always infected products entering Russia from there.
, which is home to Russia's largest retailer, commented that retailers would replace banned products with vegetables from other suppliers "without customers' awareness."
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