Update Russia: Not only Dutch flowers burned
However, according to Robert Roodenburg, director of the Dutch Association of Wholesale Floricultural Products, not only Dutch flowers are being burned in Russia. "We saw the pictures of Russian authorities burning flowers. According to their information these were Ecuadorian, Spanish, Italian and a small amount of Dutch flowers," Roodenburg told CNBC via email.
"We would very much like to discuss the matter with the Russian authorities to assess how we could comply with the Russian demands."