Large Batch of Tobacco Estimated at $5 Million Destroyed in Ryazan

A batch of counterfeit tobacco products was destroyed at an industrial landfill in Ryazan, reported Interfax. According to Alexander Vorobyov, press secretary at the Head Directorate for Economic Crimes of the Federal Service for Economic and Tax Crimes of the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs, this was the largest batch of counterfeit cigarettes destroyed in Russia in the last ten years: foreign rights holders estimated the value of the destroyed cigarettes at $5 million.