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Participants cook borscht in Kiev on March 5, 2021, during an event to promote Unesco bid to recognise the traditional beetroot and cabbage dish as part of Ukraine's historical heritage. — AFP pic
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KIEV, Mar 7 — Ukrainian cooks gathered Friday in Kiev to cook borscht ahead of the ex-Soviet country’s bid to cement the dish as part of its cultural heritage, an initiative that irritates Russia.
Ukraine’s culture ministry is due this month to submit an application to the United Nations cultural body Unesco to list borscht — the traditional beetroot and cabbage dish — as an intangible part of the country’s cultural heritage.