MOSCOW, Shawwal 22, 1436, Aug 7, 2015, SPA -- Russian authorities on Thursday destroyed hundreds of tons of food that had been imported from Western nations in accordance with a ban instituted by Moscow last year in response to sanctions, UPI reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the destruction of the goods -- which included pork, tomatoes, peaches and cheese -- in a landfill and garbage incinerators, The New York Times reported. "The destruction has been completed, and after it is destroyed it is buried," government spokeswoman Svetlana Zaporozhchenko said. Putin's order was enforcement of a ban adopted by Moscow exactly one year ago to prohibit the import of foods from Western Europe and the United States. The ban was a response to sanctions imposed on Russia over the annexation of Crimea. --SPA 11:19 LOCAL TIME 08:19 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w