Russia destroys tonnes of foreign cheese and bacon

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33814362

Russia destroys tonnes of foreign food imports

Russia has bulldozed a pile of Western-produced cheese and tonnes of other foodstuffs imported in violation of sanctions.
The country has also steamrollered fruit and burnt a huge pile of bacon.

The actions come a year after Russia banned some Western food products in retaliation to EU and US sanctions applied after Moscow annexed Crimea.
The destruction has caused an outcry from anti-poverty campaigners who say it should have been given to the poor.

One steamroller took an hour to crush nine tonnes of cheese. Another consignment was due to be burnt. Boxes of bacon have been incinerated. Peaches and tomatoes were also due to be crushed by tractors.

(continued, Russian teaparty....they'll miss the bacon....after burning it.)

[JimC]

Is there no depths of depravity to which Putin will not sink?

[mistermack]

Is there no depths of depravity to which Putin will not sink?

Playing the bagpipes?

[Sean Hayden]

Uh yeah, we crushed the cheese and burned the bacon too -yep, sure did...