In Russia, Armenian mineral water “Jermuk” is completely banned

Russia has completely banned the sale and import of the well-known mineral water “Jermuk,” which is extracted in Armenia. This decision was made by Rospotrebnadzor, writes “Kommersant”.

The formal reason is that the water allegedly showed an excess of certain substances — bicarbonates, chlorides, and sulfates. The agency claims that this, it says, could mislead people regarding its medicinal properties and even harm health if a person relies on such an effect.

The adopted decision was reported to the Eurasian Economic Commission and relevant authorities of other EAEU countries, as well as to trade organizations, to stop the distribution of the product.

Formally, this decision looks like restrictions for purely technical reasons, but it has long been known that sanitary restrictions on imports from countries whose leadership or people have displeased the Kremlin are a standard practice of the Russian authorities. The discovery of something harmful in products from a particular country by Rospotrebnadzor or other similar structures almost always miraculously coincides with a general deterioration of interstate relations.

Earlier, Rosselkhoznadzor announced that from May 22, it would introduce restrictions on the import of flowers from Armenia.

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