Chemical-laden American chicken is frowned upon in the Russian market, according to an article in the NY Times. "The United States under the first Bush administration flooded Russia with American chicken as food aid in the early 1990s, products that Russians came to call 'Bush legs.' These stocks — mostly thighs and other parts, not many drumsticks — helped feed hungry Russians reeling from an economic collapse. They also came to symbolize the humiliation of a once-great nation reduced to dependence on food handouts.
"The Russian government has spent over a decade seeking to do away with this lingering vestige of post-Soviet misery. In the latest attempt, the government imposed an open-ended ban on American chicken imports that started Tuesday, ostensibly because United States companies had failed to adhere to new food safety regulations."
photo credit: Valeri Nistratov for The New York Times
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