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.
