Russia adopts GOST standard for 'traditional Russian cuisine', asserting cultural ownership over borscht and Chicken Kiev

Rosstandart approved a state standard codifying 132 dishes as 'traditional Russian cuisine', including borscht (labeled 'Little Russian') and Chicken Kiev, amid ongoing cultural disputes with Ukraine. The move is a soft-power assertion of cultural heritage, likely to escalate symbolic tensions with Kyiv, though it has no direct economic or military impact.

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