1/4 - #Russia to technically apply sanctions against #Azerbaijan tomatos and apples on 10 December, the very day of the country's military victory parade due to sanitary concerns starting 10 December (1). The statement doesn't mention any political

#nagornokarabakh

2/4 - reason, but the fact that it is applied on the very date the parade takes place possibly hints at Moscow's dissatisfaction of the presence of Turkish troops, or possibly the Azerbaijan's plans to display russian-produced captured Armenian military hardware from

3/4 - #NagornoKarabakh, degrading its military products. While the exact reason isn't clear, it does not seem coincidental that it starts on 10 December, the reason is very likely political. For curiosity, according to OEC, in 2018, 99% of tomatos from Azerbaijan were exported to

4/4 - Russia ($177 million), they were the second most exported product after petroleum ones. Apples and pears are categorised together, 90% go to Russia ($40 million in 2018) (2). No major money lost, but could make life temporarly difficult for tomato and apple producers.

SOURCES

1. https://fsvps.gov.ru/fsvps/news/38847.html

2. https://oec.world/en/profile/country/aze?depthSelector1=HS4Depth&tradeScaleSelector1=tradeScale0