The publication notes that the Belarusian side started massively to check the trucks arriving from Russia, for the presence of contraband

Belarus has introduced a control trucks arriving from Russia, violating the principle of operation of the Customs Union, Die Presse writes.

"The customs Union, which includes Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, is an important milestone on the way to Putin's Eurasian economic space, which, according to the idea of the President of the Russian Federation, has become an Eastern counterweight to the EU, " reads the article. But now the Customs Union began to fall apart. Because where goods are duty-free to move from one state to another, was again introduced control".

The publication notes that the Belarusian side started massively to check the trucks arriving from Russia, for the presence of contraband. Because of this, on the border of the formed multi-kilometer queue. Previously, writes zn.ua Moscow introduced the control of imports from neighbouring countries and imposed a ban on the transit of Belarusian goods in Kazakhstan. "Russia has imposed a ban on imports in response to Western sanctions, even in the summer. From its partners in the Customs Union - Belarus and Kazakhstan that Moscow demanded to prohibit the transit of products of the European territory of the Russian Federation. However, in September the import of dairy products from the EU to Belarus, the Belarusian data, increased 117 times in comparison with last year," the article says.

Such actions Minsk became the "answer" imposed by the Rosselkhoznadzor restrictions regarding goods from Belarus allegedly due to "re-export". In response Lukashenko has accused Russia of improper behavior, saying that Russia went to the violation of all of our agreements reached in the Customs Union.

Source: http://news.liga.net/