Pigs, Plants and Potatoes… Part Two | Eastbook - blog on EU Eastern Partnership:
"Russia has again banned pork imports from Belarus today, in an escalating diplomatic and trade war over the arrest of a Russian businessman, Vladislav Baumgertner, head of Russian potash company Uralkali. Outrage over the arrest broke out after Baumgertner was arrested in Minsk airport, after being invited to talks with the prime minister, and then scandalised by footage showing him being searched in his prison cell.
As a retaliatory move, Russia announced a 25 percent drop in oil supplies to Belarus effective in September, and have threatened to extend the cuts for several months. In addition, a possible ban on various Belarusian dairy products was hinted at.
Experts are arguing its a new low for Belarusian-Russian relations, and with a precariously fragile economy, Belarus may be feeling the pain the pain of blacklisted peer, Ukraine."
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