Parmesan of patriots
AT 27, Oleg Sirota was living the Russian dream. He had an information technology company with 30 employees, an apartment in Moscow, a Toyota and a Mercedes. Yet he was tormented by an unfulfilled childhood ambition: “All that time, I was dreaming of farming, dreaming of milk, of cows and of cheese.” He thought about starting a creamery, but saw no way to compete with European imports. Besides, he told himself, corruption would make securing land a nightmare.
Then Russia annexed Crimea, and everything changed. The West imposed sanctions. Vladimir Putin retaliated by banning farm imports from the European …read more
Source: The Economist
