Sweet Things: A Map of Gingerbread-Bakers and Chocolatiers
Chocolate is as political as it delicious.
Consider the history of the Roshen Confectionery Corporation, which ranks in the top 25% of most global indexes of confectionery producers each year. The company was owned by - and named for - Petro Poroshenko until his election as president of Ukraine in 2014. While Poroshenko eventually transferred his stake to the Rothschild family, Roshen's ability to operate, let alone export, has proven inseparable from Ukrainian-Russian relations.
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