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On YouTube, a song is picking up hits. Called Death of a Parmesan, its lyrics imagine the fate of a shipment of foreign food approaching the Russian border, before being ambushed by guards. An elderly parmesan leads the other cheeses (camembert and mozzarella) and a Spanish ham into a final battle, only to lose, and eventually be incinerated. “He was tortured with a grater, but didn't say a word. (Cheese is silent by nature),“ goes the song. Of course, it's a satire, based on a sarcastic poem by Russian poet Andrey Orlov, performed and uploaded by Georgian singer Zaza Zaalishvili. “It's a masterpiece! Thanks a lot,“ wrote one Russian on Youtube. “Instead of distributing expensive cheese among orphanages free of charge - they're shoving food into the ground,“ said another. Not everybody is a fan of the video, however, and there are a smattering of comments defending the government. Putin's decree will “pave the way for Russian farmers and manu
