The idea of “renaming” Caffè Americano to “Rusiano” does not belong to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, but rather to his Armenian colleague, Karen Karapetyan, informed  360˚ TV of Russia.

Accordingly, during Wednesday’s Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting in Moscow, Medvedev had complained about the “politically incorrect” name of this type of coffee, and proposed to change its name.

“Let’s change the name of the Americano,” the Russian PM had said as a joke.

And the Armenian PM had continued this joke by proposing to name this coffee, “Rusiano.”