Ukraine has filed a World Trade Organization complaint challenging Russian trade restrictions on beer, vodka, juice, wallpaper and a product close to President Petro Poroshenko’s heart: confectionery.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Ukraine goes to WTO over Russian ban on booze, presidential sweets
Candy store of a Roshen store on Aug. 8, 2013. Ukraine’s confectionery exports collapsed from $482 million in 2013 to around $665,000 in the first half of 2017, while juice exports to Russia fell from the equivalent of $72 million to $400,000.
