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Poll: Most Russians Would Sacrifice Booze and Cigarettes to Hurt West
The Moscow Times ^ | Sep. 04 2014

Posted on 09/04/2014 10:31:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway

More than 70 percent of Russians would ban imports of booze and cigarettes from Western countries in retaliation for sanctions, but few would give up foreign cars or pay an additional tax on vacations abroad, a recent poll indicated.

Other popular measures included blacklisting foreign hotels (supported by 77 percent) and banning Ukrainian candy imports (79 percent), the state-run VTsIOM pollster said in a report released Wednesday.

But only 43 percent of respondents — apparently including those who don't even drive — would approve of restrictions on bringing foreign-made cars into the country, the report said.

The possibility of paying an extra tax to take a vacation abroad was the least favorite measure, though it still got the approval of 38 percent of respondents.

The poll was conducted on Aug. 16-17 among 1,600 people in 42 Russian regions and had a margin of error of no more than 3.4 percentage points.


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1 posted on 09/04/2014 10:31:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Talk, Talk, Talk...Ivan’s not giving up either one.


3 posted on 09/04/2014 10:38:30 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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We tax the hell out of booze and butts so if we gave those up, we’d hurt the west, too.


4 posted on 09/04/2014 10:38:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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LOLOL

Not a chance.


5 posted on 09/04/2014 10:42:18 AM PDT by rake ("more rubble, less trouble" VD Hanson)
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To: nickcarraway

BS. Like heck they would.


6 posted on 09/04/2014 10:42:23 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screen TV's....NOT TB Screenings!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Evil Empire is back


7 posted on 09/04/2014 10:42:54 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: nickcarraway

Not exactly the same thing as giving up smoking and drinking, as the headline implies.


8 posted on 09/04/2014 10:43:31 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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They would have to sober up first to understand what the question was. Phony poll


9 posted on 09/04/2014 10:44:09 AM PDT by bikerman (any day above ground is a good day)
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To: nickcarraway

THey’d give up vodka? I doubt it.


10 posted on 09/04/2014 10:49:56 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Sure they would...


11 posted on 09/04/2014 10:50:55 AM PDT by Doctor 2Brains
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To: bikerman

Ouch! Russians do like their vodka.


12 posted on 09/04/2014 10:50:58 AM PDT by FBD
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Russians giving up booze?

Take that with a glass of spivo followed by a couple of vodka chasers.


13 posted on 09/04/2014 10:54:14 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Pearls Before Swine
They’d give up vodka? I doubt it.

Only vodka imported from the U.S. That's probably a miniscule percentage of their total consumption.

14 posted on 09/04/2014 10:54:46 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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Talk, Talk, Talk...Ivan’s not giving up either one.

Why drink Polish vodka when you can drink Russian vodka?

15 posted on 09/04/2014 11:02:01 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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Drop the damn sanctions so we can get Saigas again (I already have mine but still...)


16 posted on 09/04/2014 11:09:12 AM PDT by Minsc
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Just as long as “Wodka” is not “booze”...


17 posted on 09/04/2014 11:12:16 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: nickcarraway
Easy to say, but ask them again three days after that last cigarette and that last shot of Водка.
18 posted on 09/04/2014 11:13:46 AM PDT by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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First of all, it’s Wódka.

And the Russian stuff is horse piss compared to the Polish stuff.


19 posted on 09/04/2014 11:17:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The headlines admit that they would only give up imports. Their domestic booze is competitive with booze from anywhere in the world, so it would be a non sacrifice.


20 posted on 09/04/2014 11:21:23 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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