Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev proposed to rename the coffee “American” in “rusiano”. With the corresponding initiative of the head of the government spoke on Wednesday, November 16, at the session of the Eurasian intergovernmental Council, reports RIA Novosti in Moscow.
Medvedev, speaking with Belarusian colleagues, praised them for their constructive behavior, the Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said that helped him in this coffee.
“[Kobyakov] says, give me Americano. It is generally politically incorrect it sounds. Let us rename!” — said Medvedev, as an alternative suggesting the word “rusiano”.
In November 2014 it was reported that the owners of some Crimean café refused to use the menu to name coffee “American.” In particular, in one of the institutions appeared the following announcement: “Attention! In connection with the unstable geopolitical situation we have no coffee under the name “American.” Ask coffee “Crimea””. In some of the coffee machines button name “American” fixed “Rossiyane”.
Crimea and Sevastopol joined the Russian Federation in March 2014 following a referendum on self-determination. Ukraine and the vast majority of countries have not recognized its results. In Moscow insist that the accession of the region conform to the norms of international law.