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  • Outrage in Russia as vodka prices skyrocket by more than 20%

    01/08/2025 7:43:39 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 42 replies
    Express US ^ | 1/3/2025 | JOHN VARGA, HANNAH BROUGHTON
    Russian vodka enthusiasts are seething after the Finance Ministry implemented a 17 percent price hike for a half-litre bottle on New Year's Day. Russia holds the title as the world's largest vodka producer, accounting for over 30 percent of global production. Domestic consumption makes up more than 90 percent of Russia-made vodka, making it one of the country's most beloved beverages. As of January 1st, a bottle will now set consumers back 349 rubles (£2.53), up from 299 (£2.16) - a jump of 50 rubles. This follows a 6.4 percent increase in June 2024, meaning that within the last six...
  • Putin’s vision for Russia’s next 6 years: Keep fighting, quit drinking, have babies

    03/01/2024 12:18:07 PM PST · by Kazan · 153 replies
    Politico ^ | FEBRUARY 29, 2024 | BY EVA HARTOG AND DENIS LEVEN
    The Kremlin promised entertainment.Western analysts feared Vladimir Putin would declare another war.But the Russian president’s more than two-hour-long address on Thursday delivered on neither expectation, though Putin presented Russians with a vision of the future that alternated between nuclear saber-rattling and grand social promises. ###Putin, who cut a relaxed figure, also called for the safeguarding of “traditional family values.”“We see what is happening in some countries where moral norms and family institutions are deliberately being destroyed, pushing entire peoples to extinction and degeneration,” he said. “We choose life.”
  • Toothy raccoon bit off [CENSORED]

    01/27/2009 9:40:22 AM PST · by Slings and Arrows · 36 replies · 1,574+ views
    The Sun [UK] ^ | 26 Jan 2009 | STAFF REPORTER
    Go to the link. Just go.