Ukraine’s national anti-corruption agency added Bacardi Limited to its list of international war sponsors, citing the company’s continued business and tax payments in Russia.
You hate to be an alcohol producer when the russia sanctions start
Ehhh…I dunno. Russia also produces grain, and I bet that means that they produce alcohol.
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Okay, so based on liquors, in 2021, $212 million in exports, $832 million in imports.
Beer is $141 million in exports, $361 million in imports.
Wine is $11.5 million in exports, $842 million in imports.
So, yeah, you’re right, I guess – unless I’ve missed some sort of category of drink – that Russia’s definitely a net importer of alcoholic beverages.
That doesn’t count alcohol produced and consumed domestically. While they might import a lot, they might produce more and drink it themselves.
Yeah, true, but I wasn’t trying so much to find whether there was a lot of alcohol being consumed. My aim was more to see whether Russia was a net importer or exporter, since the claim was that alcohol producers [outside Russia] would be upset with the Russian sanctions, that it would cut the producers off from the Russian market.
However, if Russia were a net exporter and you are an alcohol producer, then it’d be removing more competition than it would be closing off markets; producers would likely benefit.
I see not too many people outside of Russia are desperate enough to drink Russian wine, but more than I thought.
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Russians make their own vodka. They don’t need overpriced foreign vodka.
Bacardi is rum
Even more foreign to the traditional Russian palate, then.
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Probably because they’re relying on those weapons to stay alive
My God! I knew it! Both Putin and Zelensky are controlled by the Global Military Industrial Complex!
duh
Oh I think they have derided the Russian weapons industry plenty. One could even call the reaction “explosive”.
