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Russians who are showing off their country are often very concerned with ensuring that visitors know there is more to their capital city than matryoshka dolls, Lenin's mausoleum, and vodka. A Russian friend recently asked me to help her select the end-of-year present for our children's class teacher. I knew that this was as much for my expat point of view as for my exquisite taste (noticing that would of course be a neat trick when...
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PepsiCo Eyes Alcoholic Beverage Production
28 May 2012
The Moscow Times
... Russia is about $5 billion out of a 2011 global revenue of $66.5 billion. PepsiCo's main rival, Coca-Cola, is a distributor of alcohol in Russia. It signed a contract in 2010 with U.S. company Brown-Forman to distribute Jack Daniel's whiskey, Finlandia vodka and other brands. 179742
Russian Olympians Will Stay Dry During London Games
22 May 2012
The Moscow Times
... measures to eliminate alcohol are being taken after Russia's disappointing haul of only 15 medals in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games instead of the expected 30 to 50. In those games, the Russian House gained a reputation as one of the loudest, and vodka from producer Russian Standard was "accessible to all guests, participants and Olympic organizers" at the house, a news release from the company said, Kommersant reported. The dry law will be in effect from July 27 to Aug. 12. 179742
N.Y. Firefighters Score a Moscow ‘Miracle on Ice’
28 April 2012
By Lukas I. Alpert / The Moscow Times
... the United States over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics. "Everyone has just been great, absolutely great," said 30-year-old firefighter Brian White. "The food has been interesting — a lot of fish, maybe a bit too much vodka." "Guys keep joking about how tough our job is, 'Oh, you get to go to Moscow and play hockey' — it's hard to complain," he said. Friday's game was the first of three, with an exhibition match to follow on Saturday involving...
Volgograd, Veterans Savor WWII Victory
10 May 2012
By Alexander Winning / The Moscow Times
... entered KÚnigsberg, modern-day Kaliningrad, chanting "Hitler kaput" as they passed a statue of Immanuel Kant that was missing an arm. "And then there was our reception in Moscow. Stalin ordered the whole division to be given 100 grams [of vodka], and we were showered with flowers," he said. Sixty-seven years since the war ended, the exploits of veterans such as Kolotushkin are still remembered countrywide at Victory Day celebrations, which the southern city of Volgograd in particular...
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