The real reason for Putin's invasion of Ukraine : They wouldn't share the Borscht recipe.
Maria Zakharova, Russia’s director of information and press department for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , today ;
"Even cookbooks were banned [in Ukraine]. Why? They wouldn’t share the borscht recipe … It had to belong to one people, to one nationality,” (referring to the beet soup.) “They couldn’t bear the thought that every … housewife in the world would be able to cook it her way. This is what we are talking about. The xenophobia, the fascism, the extremism ... ”
"Even cookbooks were banned [in Ukraine]. Why? They wouldn’t share the borscht recipe … It had to belong to one people, to one nationality,” (referring to the beet soup.) “They couldn’t bear the thought that every … housewife in the world would be able to cook it her way. This is what we are talking about. The xenophobia, the fascism, the extremism ... ”
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