now for our what in the world segment. russian president vladimir putin has declared a war on cheese. after he issued a presidential decree, a mound of it was destroyed by a bulldozer. authorities also incinerated loads of bacon and destroyed peaches and tomatoes. in all, hundreds of tons of food have been eliminated recently in russia. what in the world is going on? well, russia had banned most foods from the european union, the united states and others retaliating against the sanctions those nations imposed after russia s bad behavior in ukraine. but some of those contraband goods were still getting into the country so putin declared a crack-down, ordering the destruction of such food to be filmed and photographed to make his point. all of this has made for some entertaining political theater