Russia downplays a dispute over the quality of milk products from Belarus.
Trigger is a dispute over the level of gas prices. Now is that the food safety authority criticized the import of dairy products from Belarus while trade relations with other suppliers have also deteriorated. The Agency Rosselkhoznadzor told the suppliers of dairy products from Belarus today that to soon backup will take action, if the quality of the Michprodukte is not better.
But right after that, the Russian Minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev said that it is not planned to ban the products from Belarus. His authority overreacted, said the Minister.
Minsk has supplied 304.000 tons of dairy products in Russia so far this year, including 56,000 milk powder.
