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Protests are pouring in! Hundreds of bars and liquor stores across US and Canada are dumping Russian vodka in show of solidarity with Ukraine
Daily Mail UK ^ | Feburary 26, 2022 | Alastair Talbot For Dailymail.Com

Posted on 02/26/2022 11:03:59 AM PST by Morgana

The protests are pouring in.

Hundreds of liquor stores and bars across the U.S. and Canada are removing Russian vodka and other Russian-made alcoholic beverages from their shelves in protest of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

After weeks of warnings from Western leaders, Russia unleashed a three-pronged assault of Ukraine from the north, east and south on Thursday, in an attack that threatened to upend Europe's post-Cold War order.

Liquor stores in the provinces of Manitoba and Newfoundland said they were removing Russian spirits, while Ontario, Canada's most populous province, also directed the Liquor Control Board Of Ontario to withdraw all Russian products. Meanwhile, in the U.S., videos circulated on social media of bars and liquor stores emptying their Russian vodka and removing bottles from their shelves in a show of solidarity with Ukraine.

'Ontario joins Canada's allies in condemning the Russian government's act of aggression against the Ukrainian people and we strongly support the federal government's efforts to sanction the Russian government,' Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said in a statement.

'The people of Ontario will always stand against tyranny and oppression.'

More than 700 stores across the province will remove Russian-imported products, which include Stoli Vodka, Russian Standard Original Vodka, Beluga Noble Russian Vodka, Karkov Vodka and Zyr Vodka. Smirnoff, while founded in Moscow, is owned and produced by U.K. company Diageo.

Canada imported C$4.8 million (US$3.78 million) worth of alcoholic beverages from Russia in 2021, according to Statistics Canada (Statscan) data. That is down 23.8 percent from C$6.3 million in 2020. Vodka is the second most popular spirit among Canadian consumers after whiskey, Statscan said.

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KEYWORDS: alastairtalbot; ciaagitprop; novodkaforyou; thedailyfail; warporn
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To: Morgana

How about dumping Canadian whiskey?


21 posted on 02/26/2022 11:14:01 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Morgana

What about Tequila?


22 posted on 02/26/2022 11:14:13 AM PST by McGruff (In war, truth is the first casualty.)
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To: joethedrummer
..stuff they’ve already bought and paid for..

You have to remember that a good percentage of the Canadian mouthbreathers still keep their money in Princess Justine Castreau's banks...

23 posted on 02/26/2022 11:15:46 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: BenLurkin

Agree. Silly.

This is the Russian oligarchs’ fiasco.


24 posted on 02/26/2022 11:15:49 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Morgana

Canada?

It is to laugh.

All Canadian booze should be boycotted because their Cossacks knock down old people in the streets.


25 posted on 02/26/2022 11:16:48 AM PST by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: McGruff
What about Tequila?

Shut yo mouf! LOL.

26 posted on 02/26/2022 11:17:41 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Morgana

and the Daily Mail goes full retard.


27 posted on 02/26/2022 11:18:25 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker
Give it to me...I promise, I’ll get rid of it for you. Honest!!!!!

I'm pretty sure Russia produces V-8 juice, too, and various bottled hot sauces.

I'll get rid of those for these people, too, along with the wodka.

28 posted on 02/26/2022 11:19:07 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Morgana

Wow - new level of sit on your ass slackvism. :)


29 posted on 02/26/2022 11:19:25 AM PST by Tzimisce ( )
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To: Morgana

Because we’re so much better than Russia 🤪


30 posted on 02/26/2022 11:19:33 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: fireman15
Sounds like you don't have TeeVee, or pay much attention to it, FRiend.

It's weird when you don't have disembodied Voices telling you what to think about the day's happenings, isn't it?

For example, I don't have disembodied Voices telling me that the quaxxccines are "safe and effective"...

31 posted on 02/26/2022 11:22:02 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: NWFree

Free Republic is being overrun by the Deep State.

Every two minutes the deep state posts another Daily Mail story.

Head to your bomb shelters Freepers....


32 posted on 02/26/2022 11:22:43 AM PST by blackberry1
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To: Morgana

oh WOW~
that’s gonna defeat the entire Russian military,

AH wishes he’d thought of buying a few less bottles of Russian vodka! he might have won the war then.... same logic....ha!


33 posted on 02/26/2022 11:25:26 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: blackberry1

Bombshelters,,
.
Where’s Senator Blutoski
When You Need him?


34 posted on 02/26/2022 11:25:54 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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To: Morgana

Don’t dump! Bring to my yard and leave by the barn! Send private message for detailed instructions. Thnx


35 posted on 02/26/2022 11:33:05 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: Fiji Hill

Ketel One and Grey Goose are smooth.


36 posted on 02/26/2022 11:39:29 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Bishop_Malachi
"Never go full retard man."


37 posted on 02/26/2022 11:42:50 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Morgana

Crater Lake vodka is the best vodka, hands down.


38 posted on 02/26/2022 11:43:57 AM PST by JoanSmith
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To: BenLurkin

Reminds me of people dumping French wine back when they wouldn’t let our military jets go into their airspace to bomb Iraq or whoever.


39 posted on 02/26/2022 11:45:14 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 33 days away from outliving Robert Reed (of Brady Bunch Fame))
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To: Sacajaweau

Agree, bars already paid for it. So just throwing money down the drain.


40 posted on 02/26/2022 11:47:28 AM PST by Don_Ret_USAF ("No Government can survive Without The Trust Of The People."er)
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