So you know how Russia has imposed sanctions on the EU in response to the Western sanctions, right? For instance, the Russian government has prohibited the import of Parmesan cheese (among many, many other things) into Russia.
Of course, people in Russia still want to eat Parmesan. So Russian companies started making Parmesan of their own, which is obviously not real Parmesan. Since they can’t make it taste anything like the real thing, Russians make it look the part, even going as far as decorating the product with the colors of the Italian flag:
Pathetic, yes, but it’s one of a million tiny indignities the people of Russia are suffering as payment for their imperialistic hubris.
This is not the end of the story, though. Russians went to Expo Milano 2015 and. . . put their fake Parmesan proudly on display there. Italians are obviously unhappy about the whole thing and Russia looks totally idiotic once again.
Sometimes, when we tell ourselves a story many times, we end up believing it. Russians have been repeating like unhinged parrots that their fake goods (called “import substitutions” in Russia) are a source of pride, and eventually they forgot that not everybody is equally into this narrative.
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