Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) declared it was going to inspect companies that sell American toys with excessive content of lead. The issue has been brought about by Mattel being reported to have some metal in a shipment consisting of Barbie dolls and Sergeant cars, which is why the toy-maker announced it was going to withdraw 436,000 toys (including the magnet ones) that had been produced between January 2002 and January 2007. Rospotrebnadzor says there are no data on whether any of these toys have been imported to Russia.

'We do sell Mattel toys, but we haven’t been officially informed that they might be unsafe yet. Rospotrebnadzor inspected our store about a month ago, and there were no comments on Mattel products whatsoever,’ says Olga Kormiltseva of BANANA MAMA Ltd.