verkhnaya pyshma/yekaterinburg russia one thousand french goats find new home russia ural mountains local company bet produce european-style cheese long available import russia ban wholesale import fresh food european union include dairy products response sanction impose moscow 2014 annexation crimea image steamroller flatten illegally import european cheese beam across country russian businesses gear fill gap investment production sanction foodstuffs grow ural mountains owners mine company ummc add goats copper coal assets iskandar makhmudov andrey kozytsin forbes list russia 100 rich people among ummc main shareholders company ugmk-agro spend one million euros truck alpine goats 5,000 km vendee region france work convert cowshed north yekaterinburg aim russia large producer white mold goat cheese french delicacy company invest 200 million rubles 3.4 million cheese production expect turn profit six years us sanction course play positive role saw gap market quite deficit room maneuver ilya bondarev ceo ugmk-agro tell reuters russians accustom semi-hard cheese part challenge encourage buyers try something new sorry goat cheese smell like taste moldy cheese say 30-year-old alexander yekaterinburg resident prefer mozzarella normal russian cheese remind childhood say also price kg ugmk-agro che-de-ch vre cheese sell coeur du nord brand cost 2,200-2,500 rubles 37- 43 versus 300-800 rubles per kg standard russian cheese ugmk-agro plan produce 500-700 kg cheese day spring 2018. launch moscow ... talk distributors st petersburg bondarev say main challenge creation local market white moldy french russia 's response sanction go gourmet