Employees of the Crimean departments of the FSB and the interior Ministry are trying to thwart the schemes of illegal transit through the Peninsula items and food products from Ukraine to the Russian Federation, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov.

A special mode of importing goods from Ukraine in Crimea is valid from the time of the reunification of the region with Russia in March 2014. The Crimean authorities are taking measures to prevent the transit of Ukrainian items imported in the Crimea without duties, in other regions of Russia.

"these schemes are already engaged in the interior Ministry and the FSB. All this will not remain without attention of the relevant authorities. Where who overloads, already the whole situation is known, All documented, " said Aksenov retreat in Krasnoperekopsk.

The Minister of economic development of the Crimea Nikolay Koracin noticed that the Crimean Peninsula turns into a transit area between Ukraine and Russia.

"There is one scheme and, apparently, the Crimea in some degree turns in transit. Comes Ukrainian Firm, a truck with potatoes or with some products overload in the Russian truck, bought a package of documents, and through the Kerch went to Krasnodar ", - said the Minister.

He clarified that carriers and vendors practice and other schemes of delivery of items to the site of the Peninsula.

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