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Alcohol consumption in Russia remains among the highest in the world. According to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, annual per capita consumption of alcohol in Russia was about 15.76 litres of pure alcohol, the fourth-highest volume in Europe. [1] It dropped to 11.7 litres in 2016, [2] dropping further to about 10.5 litres in ...
Lenin retained the prohibition, which remained in place through the Russian Civil War and into the period of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union. However, following Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin repealed the prohibition in 1925 and brought back the state vodka monopoly system to increase government revenue. [4] [5]
Smirnoff (/ ˈ s m ɪər n ɒ f /; Russian: [smʲɪrˈnof]) is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo.The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898), but its modern incarnation traces back to the 1930s, by American liquor distributor Heublein. [1]
Beer production in Russia reduced by 5.1% in 2010, to 102.93 mln hl. [6] In 2010, the five leading companies' beer sales by volume reduced by 5% to 83.6 mln hl. Other breweries saw their sales increase by 14%, up to approximately 22 mln hl. [7] The total volume of beer imports in 2010 was about 3.07 mln hl. [8]
The Government said Russian vodka will be among goods worth about £900 million to be hit with an extra 35% tariff as it continues to inflict punitive measures in response to Russia’s invasion ...
Stolichnaya's chief rival Russian Standard questioned the SPI-produced Stolichnaya's Russian authenticity, because it is bottled in Latvia, not Russia. Stolichnaya's global distributor Pernod Ricard responded by insisting that it is an authentic Russian vodka, because nothing is added or removed during the bottling. [36]
Podrebarac believes if enough bars and liquor stores cease selling Russian vodka, the impact will eventually be felt by Russian leadership. "American businessmen and women can lead by example in ...
Beer refers to malt beer, wine refers to grape wine, spirits refers to all distilled beverages such as vodka and similar products, and the column "other" refers to all other alcoholic beverages, such as rice wine, soju, sake, mead, kumis, cider, kvass, and African beers (kumi kumi, kwete, banana beer, millet beer, umqombothi etc.).