international politics

A worker arranges cheese for sale at a grocery store in Moscow on August 7, 2014. Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine.

C’est it ain’t so! Russia bans French cheese and other European food imports

Global Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned most food imports from any country that has imposed sanctions on his country. That’s left Russians scrambling to buy products like French cheese before it’s all gone — and maybe asking bigger questions as well.

A worker arranges cheese for sale at a grocery store in Moscow on August 7, 2014. Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine.

C’est it ain’t so! Russia bans French cheese and other European food imports

Global Politics
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