Poles fight Russian fruit ban on social media

BITING BACK: People taking selfies while eating Polish apples in front of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, showing support for Poland on the day from when Russia restricts apple imports from Poland.

WARSAW: With tongue-in-cheek messages like "an apple a day keeps Putin away!" Poles have taken to social media with gusto to promote Polish fruit in defiance of President Vladimir Putin's decision to ban imports into Russia. 

Using the hashtag #jedzjablka (#eatapples), Poles, including prominent politicians, tweeted pictures of themselves eating apples or drinking cider, including outside the Polish foreign ministry and the Russian embassy in Warsaw.