France, Russia
Putin's modest 'Russian champagne' gift to allies Boris Titov and Yuri Kovalchuk
The Kremlin has forced French champagne producers to eat humble pie, in a move that mostly benefits Russian presidential advisor Boris Titov's "champagne" of the tsars, Abrau-Durso, and the Crimean sparkling wine made by "Putin's banker", Yuri Kovalchuk.


