U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks after receiving an Atlantic Council award during the annual Distinguished Leadership Awards presentation in Washington, April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
KIEV (Reuters) - Cross the Crimean sparkling wine off the list. The lingerie from Luhansk and felt boots from Donetsk could be next.
Financial journalist Yulia Sarotsyna spent a year living only off products made in Ukraine for a relentlessly upbeat blog to promote local brands. On the road for five months, she found toothbrushes from Kharkiv, sausage in the north, and even snails in the capital Kiev: "I discovered that Ukraine produces absolutely everything for a comfortable life," she wrote.
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