Russian State Duma Passes Total Ban on GMO Crops and Animals

[Carmody]

It is now law of the land in Russia

The State Duma has also given the Russian Government the right to prevent the import of products containing GMOs in to Russia, if it is revealed that a specific GMO has a negative impact on human health and/or the environment

Russia’s Agriculture Minister, Alexander Tkachev, stated Friday; ”The Ministry of Agriculture is strongly against GMOs, Russian products will remain clean.”

The initial first reading of the government bill was held in 2015 and this was followed by the second reading in the Sate Duma earlier this week. The additions in the final bill included the introduction of fines that will be placed on people or companies that violate the ban: a fine of 10,000-50,000 ($150-$750) rubles for individuals and 100,000-500,000 rubles for legal entities ($1,500-$7,500).7

The Russian Government has stood strong in the face of increasing pressure from U.S. biotech companies and they have also managed to see through the Russian pro-GMO forces’ misleading claims and pseudoscience.

In December 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Russian Parliament that Russia should become the world’s largest supplier of organic foods.

Also in 2015, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich stated that it is not necessary to use genetic modification to feed the world, at the 12th International ‘Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum’ in Kyoto, Japan.

This strength shown by the Russian government was also shown early in 2016 when they dealt a huge blow to U.S. farmers, by banning all imports of U.S. soybeans and corn due to microbial and GMO contamination.

http://sustainablepulse.com/2016/06/.../#.V3Fu_qI2FAH

[Cognitive Dissident]

This is great news, good to see Russia taking a lead on this. I think it speaks volumes that this story has got so little press in the mainstream controlled press.

[Tyy1907]

That's a good one to spread far and wide.

[Morbid]

thanks to sanctions and reduced import from abroad its getting easier there to control the food content as most produce is now russian. producing food is becoming profitable again and many manufacturers are expanding apparently. like in ussr russia has now become a large wheat exporter.