MOSCOW, April 23 - The Russian consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has officially sanctioned imports of cheese from three Ukrainian factories inspected by Russian experts.

"Following inspections of three Ukrainian dairy factories and measures to eliminate irregularities uncovered earlier, a decision has been made to resume shipments of cheese produced by Hadiachsyr, Pyriatyn Cheese Factory, and the Mensky branch of the company Prometei to the Russian market," Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement posted on its website on Friday evening.