In response to the war in Ukraine, Virginia has joined states across the country in banning Russian-made liquor from state-owned ABC stores — the sole retailer of distilled spirits in the commonwealth.
Saturday morning, adding minutes later that she had been “overwhelmed with texts from my colleagues in support of this idea from both sides of the aisle.”it was removing seven Russian-sourced vodka brands from its shelves while still offering a number of spirits with “Russian-themed monikers,” including Stolichnaya and Smirnoff, that are produced elsewhere.
have removed Russian vodkas from their shelves as well and are instead featuring the lesser-known Ukrainian vodka Kozak.
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