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The farmers said about the catastrophic situation in the industry, which, in their opinion, is, in particular, duty-free importation of cheap wine from Europe.
Protesters continuously went on the crosswalk / photo: Bessarabia inform of Odessa region today, the farmers blocked the road Odessa – Reni in protest against the situation in the industry.
As UNIAN correspondent, about a hundred farmers of Bolgrad district, in the South of Odessa region blocked highways near the village of Karakurt.
The protesters not only continuously went on the crosswalk, but unloaded on the roadway a car of grapes.
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According to the participants of the protest action, the ceiling line is a “warning signal for attracting the attention of the leadership of the country to a catastrophic situation in viticulture and winemaking of Ukraine”.
The reason, according to farmers, – in the duty-free importation of cheap wine from Europe, which flooded the domestic market, as well as the inability to sell their products in Russia and Europe.
In addition, the inhabitants of the Bolgradsky area are unhappy with the increase in Ukraine of minimum prices for alcohol. According to Bolgrad farmers, they are willing to sell the wine cheaper just to buy it.
Growers said that if they do not hear, they are going to bring all unsold harvest in Odessa and Kiev.