Of the dozens of vodka factories strung across Russia’s 11 time zones, the crown jewel of the Russian liquor industry is the Kristall distillery in downtown Moscow, birthplace of the world-famous ...

Every Russian leader, it seems, finds a new way to try to confront the country's addiction to alcohol. Now, it's current President Dmitry Medvedev's turn. His approach: declaring war on cheap vodka.

If you want to say nyet to vodka to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine, your liver may thank you. But the people of Ukraine probably won't be impressed (if they even had time to pay attention to ...

Between 2014 and 2020, Putin secretly owned the company through one of his subsidiary companies, Putinka vodka was launched in 2002 by a company called Winexim. Get our list of 10 overlooked ...

In solidarity with the people of Ukraine, all the Russian vodka is off the shelves of my favorite liquor store. Maybe that's an admirable gesture, but it seems unlikely to impose a hardship on most ...

Russians are guzzling vodka like never before, even as exports of Russia’s national beverage are drying up. Kazakhstan is now the only large market left for Russian-produced vodka. Economic sanctions, ...

Two vodkas—one from Latvia’s icy Baltic shore, the other for Florida’s yacht set—show that “neutral” spirits can be anything ...

Cosmopolitans and other vodka-based drinks won’t be the beverage of choice for gay rights activists, so long as Russia’s anti-gay laws remain in place. Gay rights activists from San Francisco to New ...

When you think of Sweden, you might think of Ikea, flashy pop music, or the nation's all-important coffee break culture. Frequent drinking (or rather, excessive drunkenness from hard liquor ...

Some Chicago gay bars are saying “nyet” to Russian vodka. In response to Russia’s recent implementation of laws limiting the rights of the LGBT community, some city gay bars are protesting by ...