MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian prosecutors are reportedly preparing charges against the director of a winery in Russian-occupied Crimea for uncorking a 240-year-old bottle for Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Putin and his old friend Berlusconi spent last weekend in Crimea, touring ancient ruins and visiting the peninsula’s prized Massandra winery.
Ukrainian media on Friday quoted Ukrainian prosecutors responsible for Crimea as saying they are preparing to file embezzlement charges against the winery’s director, who opened the valuable bottle for Berlusconi. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
