Russia started a banana war with Ecuador after the country promised to transfer weapons to Ukraine

Rosselkhoznadzor appealed to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Agriculture with a request to suspend the certification of bananas from five Ecuadorian companies from February 5 due to the detection of a dangerous quarantine pest - the polyphagous humpback fly.

Russia will stop importing from the following companies: Agzulasa, Don Carlos Fruit, Agroaereo Fruit Export, Asociacion de Produccion Agropecuaria de el oro Asoproagroro, Comercializadora de Banano.

The decision was made after threats from the Russian Foreign Ministry about Ecuador’s decision to transfer Russian-made equipment to the United States. This decision by Ecuador is reckless and is the result of pressure from interested parties, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

On January 31, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said that the country would transfer old Russian military equipment to the United States in exchange for new ones worth
$200 million, despite Moscow’s objections.

Noboa called the Russian position “not entirely adequate,” noting that large-scale unrest is currently taking place in Ecuador. He also pointed out that the United States will formally receive not military equipment, but “scrap metal,” which can be transferred within the framework of international agreements. The country has Mi-171E helicopters and Igla MANPADS.