Of the dozens of vodka factories strung across Russia’s 11 time zones, the crown jewel of the Russian liquor industry is the Kristall distillery in downtown Moscow, birthplace of the world-famous ...

Every Russian leader, it seems, finds a new way to try to confront the country's addiction to alcohol. Now, it's current President Dmitry Medvedev's turn. His approach: declaring war on cheap vodka.

Two vodkas—one from Latvia’s icy Baltic shore, the other for Florida’s yacht set—show that “neutral” spirits can be anything ...

Between 2014 and 2020, Putin secretly owned the company through one of his subsidiary companies, Putinka vodka was launched in 2002 by a company called Winexim. Get our list of 10 overlooked ...

If you want to say nyet to vodka to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine, your liver may thank you. But the people of Ukraine probably won't be impressed (if they even had time to pay attention to ...

Vodka is one of the most accessible and affordable spirit categories on the market. Made from water and ethanol (typically derived from grains, fruits, or vegetables), vodka has long been associated ...

Now, more than ever, the type of vodka one drinks is very important to gay men. This time it has to do with gay rights. More specifically, we're talking about Russia — the supposed birthplace of "the ...

Cosmopolitans and other vodka-based drinks won’t be the beverage of choice for gay rights activists, so long as Russia’s anti-gay laws remain in place. Gay rights activists from San Francisco to New ...

Russians are guzzling vodka like never before, even as exports of Russia’s national beverage are drying up. Kazakhstan is now the only large market left for Russian-produced vodka. Economic sanctions, ...