Political scientist Trukhachev: farmers’ strikes will continue until the elections to the EP. “This is a way of putting pressure on European officials and on the national government during such a pan-European election campaign,” the expert noted.

It was previously reported that in a number of EU countries the situation is worsening due to demonstrations by farmers dissatisfied with EU measures, rising inflation and uncontrolled imports of cheap foreign products, including from Ukraine.  Read more in RT's material.