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Potent protest: Bars pull Russian vodka off shelves, promote Ukraine brands

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Some bars and liquor stores think they’ve found a potent way to punish Russia for invading Ukraine.
Some bars and liquor stores think they’ve found a potent way to punish Russia for invading Ukraine: They’re pulling Russian vodka off their shelves and promoting Ukrainian brands instead.”I woke up yesterday morning, and I saw that Russia had invaded Ukraine. You wonder what you can do,” said Bob Quay, owner of Bob’s Bar in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “The U.S. obviously is putting on sanctions. I thought I would put on sanctions as well.”So he rid his shelves of the old Soviet brand Stolichnaya and started promoting Ukraine’s Vektor.

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