Wanna sell parmesan to Russia? First, you’ve gotta recognize Crimea, country’s chief cheesemaker tells Italian ambassador

Italy must recognize

Italy must recognize Crimea as Russia if it wants to be allowed to export parmesan into the country. That’s according to the head of the Cheese Industry Union, who responded to Rome’s plea to Moscow for a change in the law.

Last week, the Italian ambassador to Russia, Pasquale Terracciano, insisted that Moscow should make changes to the list of counter-sanctions imposed by the Kremlin in response to the European Union’s measures, following what the bloc calls the annexation of Crimea.

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