20 March 2014
Last updated at 11:03 ET
Russian authorities (click here) have taken over a Ukrainian-owned sweet factory in the southern Russian city of Lipetsk, Ukraine's government says.
Russian riot police moved in on the Roshen factory and halted production on Wednesday, the finance and economic ministries said.
A spokesperson for the firm confirmed the "plant is closed".
Roshen is controlled by Ukrainian businessman and pro-European MP Petro Poroshenko.
He is planning to stand in May's presidential elections. (He is currenlty leading in the polls in the Ukraine. This is proof Russia is seeking every form of leverage available to them to effect the elections. There is also indication with the reality within the country whether the May elections will be considered legitimate. The current Interim President may continue in that capacity after the May elections if this interference continues.)
Ukraine's finance and economic ministries said Russian authorities had shown no documentation giving them the right "to burst on to the company's property and halt production".
Alexander Zolotarev, press spokesman for Roshen CIS, said the Lipetsk plant closed after police arrived and sent all the workers home....
