Economics
Putin Makes Baltics Pay as Food Trucks Halted at Border
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By Ilya Khrennikov, Milda Seputyte and Ott Ummelas
Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) –- Border guards in Russia and Belarus moved swiftly yesterday to enforce Vladimir Putin’s ban on food imports from the European Union, turning back trucks loaded with cheese, yogurt and meat, according to officials from Lithuania and Estonia.