Critical situation among farmers in Lleida due to Russian veto

<p>The farmers in the western part of Catalonia have seen themselves backed into a corner forced to protest against the situation they are currently experiencing. They are losing money on their fruit production and it is no longer profitable for them to sell it. <br /> <br /> The farmers won&rsquo;t sit back and do nothing. These days they are protesting in front of supermarkets and by driving extremely slowly from Lleida to Barcelona.</p> <p>The crisis goes back to 2014, when Russia imposed a veto on certain agricultural and food products coming from the European Union in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea. This has caused a production surplus that farmers are still suffering from.&nbsp;</p> / Guifré Jordan / Helle Kettner

Guifré Jordan / Helle Kettner

August 12, 2017 08:38 AM