The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia “Rosselhoznadzor” accused Moldova of using false documents to continue supplying fruit to the Russian market and ordered sending back a consignment of 230 tonnes of plums and apples to Moldova, IPN reports, quoting the official website of the Service.

According to a communiqué of the Russian authority, at the end of July Moldova sent to Russia 17 units of transport loaded with apples and plums that were accompanied by documents signed before July 21, when Russia imposed a ban on the import of fruit from Moldova.

When examining the phytosanitary documents, employees of “Rosselhozdandzor” and of the customs post Bryansk established that the fruit was sent from Moldova before July 21, but the export statement in Moldova was written on July 29. Thus, the Moldovan fruit entered Ukraine on July 30 and then Russia on July 31.