The Russian government is said to be blocking a shipment of Chobani yogurt from reaching the United States Olympic team at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The blockade has prompted alarm from the yogurt industry’s political allies, who are outraged that American athletes could be deprived of their beloved Greek yogurt.
The Russian government, according to United States officials, is not permitting the yogurt to enter Russia without a special certification.
At first a breakfast-table squabble, the dairy situation is quickly escalating.

Brilliant satire by The Onion—or New York Times reporting by Thomas Kaplan?

The end is truly nigh.

Joe Stracci