Food prices in retail outlets and in the markets of the Crimea after the introduction of grocery embargo from Ukraine remain the same, scarce items are not visible, said Last news on Tuesday, the Minister of industrial policy of the Republic Andrei Skrynnik.

on Sunday, Ukraine has suspended the supply of food to the Crimea, on the border began termless protest on food blockade of the Peninsula. Crimean authorities called the action pointless. The Ministry of industry of Crimea on Tuesday, on behalf of the head of the Republic held an unscheduled RAID on the financial networks and markets of Simferopol to the monitoring of a range of items and prices of the products.

"We have seen full shelves: meat, dairy products, grocery, vegetables and fruits. The prices also remained the same, " said Skrynnik.

Speaking about the range of items delivered to the site of the Crimea, Skrynnik said that Ukraine until recently, was traditional but not the only source of vegetables and fruit - for example, the so-called " borsch set ", which includes cabbage, potatoes, onions, carrots and beets.

"In parallel, the same products are supplied from mainland Russia, as well as its produce of local farmers, for this reason, no issues with the food supply We have. We have a good harvest, sufficient food supplies in retail outlets and warehouses. The population of the Peninsula all fully secured. Attempts to block the entry of trucks - no more than political PR from Ukraine, no real impact is to have a will not ", - noted the head of Ministry of industry of the Crimea.

previously the head of the Republic Sergey Aksenov said that the Crimean and Russian subjects on the Peninsula is 95%. According to his statement, the so-called food embargo will lead to the fact that the Ukrainian products in the past 2 weeks will be completely ousted from the Crimean market.

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