Romanian farmers have become the object of Moscow’s propaganda against Ukraine and the European Union, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow makes a gloomy forecast for the future and launches attacks on the Romanian government, News.ro reports.

At a press briefing she held on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova spoke about the dissatisfaction of Romanian farmers with products from Ukraine and noted that it was “not surprising” that the Romanian government did not take any measures to protect its interests, since “they prefer not to contradict Brussels”, which is determined to help the Kyiv regime.

Maria Zakharova included the topic “the supply of Ukrainian food to Romania, which does not meet EU standards” to the agenda of the press briefing.

While Moscow is often critical of the European Union and its values, concerned about the proximity of its former Soviet republics, such as Moldova, to the EU bloc, Zakharova is concerned about Ukrainian products “that do not meet the quality standards set by the European Union.” “.

Thus, she considered it necessary to tell about “information periodically appearing in the mass media about Ukrainian food products supplied to Romania”, which do not meet these standards.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation speaks of “unprecedented protests” by Romanian farmers

“We would like to state that due to its geographical location and current situation, Romania has become one of the key destinations for the transit and commercialization of agricultural products from Ukraine in recent years. This led to the saturation of the local market with cheaper and often lower-quality food products,” Zakharova told Russian journalists.

“Thus, in 2023 and at the beginning of 2024, an unprecedented series of farmers’ protests took place in Romania, during which the work of customs posts was repeatedly blocked with the help of agricultural machinery,” said the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. affairs

“Materials that exposed the poor quality of grain, corn, rapeseed, etc. coming from the neighboring country, were regularly published on the main information resources of Romania. Heads of local associations of agricultural producers made similar statements in this regard,” she continued.

Russia accuses the Romanian government of not protecting the interests of farmers

“However, the Romanian government has not taken clear measures to protect the interests of its farmers,” Zakharova claims.

“It’s not surprising: it’s been known for a long time that the current Romanian government prefers not to contradict Brussels, which is determined to help the Kyiv regime in the sale of Ukrainian products, but actually acts to the detriment of national interests,” Maria Zakharova added.

She also made a grim prediction:

“There is no doubt that sooner or later this approach will play a cruel joke on them,” she concluded, without going into details.

However, the Russian Foreign Ministry completely ignores the fact that Romania was among Ukraine’s neighboring countries that asked the EU to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to the EU.

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