Russia has lost a battle to exhibit a range of wines produced in the annexed Ukrainian territory of Crimea – the Ukrainian goods had been presented as Russian at the Vinitaly international wine exhibition, which is being held in Italy’s Verona on April 9-12.

The Russian stand at the exhibition had been showing wines of Crimean producers Inkerman, Massandra, Zolotaya Balka, Solnechnaya Dolina and the Yevpatorian Wine Plant, along with Russian wines. But after complaints, the Crimean wines were removed.