15 Aug 2014 11:10

Three customs posts in Rostov rgn stay idle due to Ukrainian colleagues' inactivity

ROSTOV-ON-DON. Aug 15 (Interfax) - The Kuibyshevo and Matveyev Kurgan posts of the Taganrog customs and the Voloshino post of the Millerovo customs are not clearing individuals and vehicles through the state border.

"Same as the day before the adjacent Ukrainian checkpoints, Marinovka, Uspenka and Krasnaya Talovka, are not working. Russian customs officers are on standby; they are prepared to clear individuals and vehicles through the border," Southern Customs Department spokesman Rayan Farukshin told Interfax on Friday.

The other posts of the Southern Customs Department along the Russian-Ukrainian border are operating normally, he said.