How Russia is trashing smuggled Western food imports - Economic Times Posted on 07 August 2015 at 23:24 How Russia is trashing smuggled Western food imports Economic Times Russian workers throw peaches off a truck outside the city of Novozybkov, about 600 km from Moscow. Russian officials on August 6 steamrollered tonnes of cheese as they began a controversial drive to destroy Western food smuggled into the crisis-hit ... Russians despair at food destruction as Moscow says it is having desired effectThe Guardian Russia destroys produce to reinforce Western food banIrish Examiner Putin orders Western food destroyedThe Straits Times The Daily Star