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Russia classifies beer as alcoholic
BBC World News ^
| 7/21/11
| BBC
Posted on 07/21/2011 3:52:52 PM PDT by varyouga
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic. Until now anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia has been considered a foodstuff.
The move, signed into law on Wednesday, will allow ministers to control the sale of beer in the same way that spirits are controlled. Russian alcohol consumption is already twice the critical level set by the World Health Organization.
Although vodka has long been the traditional tipple in Russia, beer has soared in popularity, being marketed as a healthier alternative to spirits.
Over the past decade, beer sales in Russia have risen more than 40% while vodka sales have fallen by nearly 30%.
Correspondents say it is common to see people swigging beer in the street and in parks as if they are drinking soft drinks.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: alcohol; beer; beerlist; homebrew; russia
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Very true. Most older Russians I know laugh at the thought of impairment from beer. Grandmas and kids that can stomach it drink it at meal time. A sad day in world history...
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posted on
07/21/2011 3:52:58 PM PDT
by
varyouga
To: varyouga
Crap, they’re turning into America.
Thirty years ago, that would have been a good thing. Now? Not so much.
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posted on
07/21/2011 3:57:39 PM PDT
by
MWS
To: MWS
We should have gotten in on the microbew wave over there!
We would have been rich by now!
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posted on
07/21/2011 3:59:34 PM PDT
by
enraged
To: varyouga
I am not persuaded that Prozac and Ritalin are improvements over vodka and beer.
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posted on
07/21/2011 3:59:59 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: varyouga
” laugh at the thought of impairment from beer. “
Hey - I’m here to testify that ya can be a card-carrying, disgusting, lush on beer -— it just takes dedication, and bladder control... ;)
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:00:55 PM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
To: varyouga
Correspondents say it is common to see people swigging beer in the street and in parks as if they are drinking soft drinks. What's the problem here?
:-)
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:01:07 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: MWS
Crap, theyre turning into America. Nah, their commie leader is tough.
Our commie leader is a wuss who wears mom jeans.
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:03:08 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: SIDENET
That’s true.
Obama would love to be a Communist dictator, but the fact of the matter is that he’d probably find a way to screw that up too.
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:07:53 PM PDT
by
MWS
To: SIDENET
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:14:13 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: varyouga
Step One: We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol; that our lives had become unmanageable.
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:17:26 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Abolish FReepathons. Be a monthly donor.)
To: varyouga
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Lance Armstrong go into a bar together.....
After drinking 3 pitchers of beer Lance says, Hey bar keep, What kind of crappy beer is this! I don’t feel no buzz!
Bar Keep says, nonalcoholic! Disappointing ain’t it!
To: varyouga
Is kvass still a foodstuff?
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:25:24 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 911. When your only tools are a Hammer & Sickle, everything looks like a Capitalist...)
To: cripplecreek
LOL, one of the all-time classics!
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:26:16 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: varyouga
When I visited Russia in 1972, Moskovskoye beer was available everywhere. It was usually drunk at room temperature, and was the worst beer I had ever tasted. The best beer available at the time was Stella, which was brewed in Egypt. The Egyptians were apparently shipping beer to Russia as payment for Soviet armaments.
To: varyouga
Ya lublu krepka pivo...nazdarovya
To: varyouga
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posted on
07/21/2011 4:55:44 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: varyouga
Reminds me of an episode of "2 1/2 Men," where Charlie announces that he's giving up drinking, and throughout the episode he only drinks beer and wine!
Mark
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:00:30 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: varyouga
Regulating alcohol in Russia is like regulating sex in a whore house.
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:15:28 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: varyouga
Usual rubbish. Most "older Russians" who don't know beer is alcoholic are dead from liver failure. Drinking beer like soda pop is one reason for people to have a life expectancy around 60.
To: Psalm 144
>
I am not persuaded that Prozac and Ritalin are improvements over vodka and beer. Well, for one thing, they're Capitalized. :)
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posted on
07/21/2011 7:45:37 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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