The traditions of pig

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, chief state sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax that the outbreak of African pigs of pigs in Russia occurred as a result of planned economic sabotage from the territory of Georgia.

“There is no doubt that this was so. It was certainly carried out from the territory of Georgia,” Onishchenko said. “This is not a random, but a clearly planned action, the purpose of which is to undermine the economy of the southern and North Caucasian regions of Russia.”

On May 27, the Ministry of Agriculture said that over 400 thousand pigs of pigs were destroyed over the entire time of epizootics. Only direct damage amounted to more than two billion rubles. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the pathogen of ASF was brought to Russia in the fall of 2007 by wild boars, migrated from the territory of Georgia. The first cases of the death of wild animals were recorded in Chechnya. Cases of ASF among domestic pigs have been registered since July 2008.

Onishchenko spoke that ASF came to Russia from Georgia in June 2011. The chairman of the Committee of the Georgian Parliament on European integration, David Darchiashvili replied then that Onishchenko’s statements are unfounded and complicated the already difficult relations of Moscow and Tbilisi. According to the Minister of Agriculture of Georgia, Bakura Kveserly, the African swine plane could not get into Russia through Georgia.

“Onishchenko’s statement is unreasonable and is political in nature,” Kvesereli said. “This disease spreads through products, and since there is no trade relations between Georgia and Russia, the appearance of African swine fees in Russia is impossible from Georgia.”

In April last year, Onishchenko again said that the ASF was listed from Georgia as a result of an economic sabotage. "ASF came to us from Georgia. First to Ossetia, then to the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territory. There are signs that this is an artificially brought situation. This is an economic sabotage, for three years the Krasnodar Territory cannot get out of this," Onishchenko said then.

In response, the head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the National Food Agency of the Ministry of Agency of Georgia, Koba Dzamashvili, said that the ASF could not come to Russia from Georgia, since there was no such disease in Georgia at all.

Since February, Rospotrebnadzor has been registering Georgian companies that want to supply mineral water and wine to the country. The delegations of Russian officials have already traveled to Georgia twice, and then began to accept documents and samples of products from Georgian companies in Russia.

As a result, several enterprises received registration in Russia, including the Kakheti traditional winemaking, Marniskari, Sairma, as well as the Kindsmaraulis Marani, Alaverdi and others. In addition, IDS Borjomi Georgia will also be able to supply products to Russia. It is expected that Georgian wine and water will appear in Russian stores in the summer.

Russia has not imported agricultural products from Georgia since 2006, when Rospotrebnadzor considered goods from a neighboring country poor -quality. This happened against the backdrop of a deterioration in relations between Georgia and Russia, but Onishchenko argued that the ban was not related to politics.