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Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: November 27, 2008
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Good news from the economic crisis: Russian Vodka is about to get cheaper


No country is fully immune from the global economic crisis, but some places react differently to others.

In Russia, the economic crisis has meant that less people are drinking Vodka, the national drop. Stockpiles of Vodka in Russia are now 6 times higher at the start of the month than the same time a year ago because factories are producing vodka faster than they can sell it, according to reports.

“People are having to save money, including on drinks, and this is connected to the impact of the financial crisis on people’s disposable incomes,” Pavel Shapkin, president of the National Alcohol Association (NAA), told Reuters.

Although the news may be great for Western Vodka drinkers who like their Vodka from Russia, it’s not great for local drinkers, who are dying in record numbers as they turn to cheaper, and more dangerous Vodka substitutes. 1,458 people died in Russia from alcohol poisoning in September, up significantly from previous months











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  1. Alex
    Feb 21, 2009

    Global crisis as Russians see it
    The corridors in office buildings have either pluses or minuses. Let’s not speak about minuses but about pluses. Everybody knows each other; you can hear helloes, greetings, goodmornings.

    But the last few months silence dominates here.

    Crowds of clients just disappeared, nobody enters and asks:”Sorry, where can I find?..” , there are no more strangers smoking in common rest rooms, girls from nearby offices don’t rush in asking to change money for a change. The director of real estate office drooped off, you can’t hear scissors and hairdryers from a hairdressing salon, and women from the office you never could spell its name frequently hang “Closed for today” card. People drink a lot in the offices and it’s impossible to breathe in smoking areas. Visits of Santa and parties had been cancelled this year.
    http://ua-ru-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/global-crisis-as-russians-see-it.html