Tuesday October 08 2013 Russia suddenly suspended imports of dairy products from Lithuania on Monday, October 7, the latest trade dispute between the EU and Russia, prompting the European Commission to consider a WTO challenge.

Russia’s consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor claimed that inspections of Lithuanian dairy imports had revealed “numerous violations” of sanitary and quality standards in dairy products, though the exact nature of the violations was not revealed.

The move is widely seen as the latest attempt by Moscow to apply pressure on the EU – which is seeking to forge political, economic and trade links with former Soviet-controlled countries located between the two sides.

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