On April 24, 2023, Russian border control confiscated frozen trimmings and salmon ridges from the Faroe Islands at the Upper Lars checkpoint, destined for a Russian recipient in St. Petersburg. The products were supposedly accompanied by a veterinary certificate from the Customs Union, but the Russian agricultural watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, discovered that the Faroese veterinary service did not issue such a certificate. This incident is part of a larger pattern of illegal importation of livestock products into Russia, including an earlier scheme in February involving the smuggling of fish through Belarus, both disguised as Faroese products.