The ban targets common ingredients in candies and processed foods, including red dye No. 3, titanium dioxide, brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, and Propylparaben.
"By tracking every financial transaction, they will have access to every detail of our spending, the recipient of our money, and how we allocate our resources. In essence, it replicates George Orwell’s dystopian society depicted in 1984," critics have argued.
A chilling case of child trafficking was thwarted in Ukraine recently, as law enforcement officials apprehended a 43-year-old charity worker, now dubbed as an "evil child trader," while attempting to transport an 11-month-old baby out of the country for illicit purposes.
U.S. intelligence agencies had alerted top military and administration officials as early as Wednesday about a potential military assault against prominent Russian defense authorities, plotted by Prigozhin.