Ministry For Vodka

Ministry For Vodka
Nickname for Russia’s new alcohol regulation agency – Rosalkogol.

Russia’s “Ministry for Vodka” is hoping to revivify the floundering vodka industry by slashing taxes on the national drink to increase domestic demand. According to Agence France-Presse, Russians have cut back on vodka during the economic crisis, turning instead to homemade spirits (samagon), or cheaper contraband alcohol.

In November 2008, The Telegraph reported on the collapse in demand for vodka and the “vast lake” of unwanted alcohol: “November inventories of unsold vodka stock have risen to 82 million litres, a 600 percent increase from 2007.” And, Reuters noted that alcohol-related fatalities in Russia, which had been in decline since a 2006 spate of deaths caused by bootleg vodka, increased by 6 percent on the previous year in September 2008.


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