MOSCOW - Ukraine’s foreign minister is demanding an apology after Russia’s chief public health official Gennady Onishchenko said the authorities in Kiev were “likening” Ukrainians to animals. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Onishchenko said a new reform plan to transfer control over food production to the country’s veterinary service “de facto contains the identification of Ukrainians as animals,” and called for a ban on food imports from Ukraine.
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RIA Novosti: Ukraine cries foul over Russian health chief’s ‘animal’ remark
Russia's chief public health official Gennady Onishchenko
