Beer Toppling Vodka's Reign. New, Better Brews Catch On in Russia, Especially Among Younger People. October 13, 2002. By Peter Baker.

In January-June, Russian companies reduced the output of alcoholic beverages excluding beer, cider, poiret and mead, ...

The table in the bar called Russian Style offered a tableau of Russian style old and new: As they sat down to talk business one afternoon last week, Andrei Gromtsev ordered two shots of vodka, ...

Vodka may be the drink of choice for most Russians, but Moscow is focusing on beer in its attempt to clamp down on rampant alcoholism, a major cause of the country’s social ills. Russia targets ...

Russian beer output fell for a second consecutive month in September after the country imposed restrictions on sales in July. Production fell 6.2 percent from a year earlier to 67.9 million ...

People drink craft beer at the Rule Taproom pub in Moscow, Russia. A new generation of craft beer brewers began sprouting in the vodka capital of the world as foreign beers got too expensive and ...

If you associate one alcohol with Russia, it's vodka. Although it's far from the only country to enjoy the liquor -- in fact, there's a whole "vodka belt" of countries, mostly in Eastern Europe ...

Russia is taking its food diplomacy—or fighting really—to a whole new level. ... Russia Bans Import of Ukrainian Beer Because Its Calorie Count Doesn’t Add Up. By Elliot Hannon.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russians may have lost stability, security, regular salaries, free medical care and a general feeling of global importance with the collapse of communism, but they&#8… ...

'Sales of vodka dropped catastrophically' In January-August 2016, vodka, liqueurs and brandies accounted for 42 percent of sales volume. Beer amounted to 44-45 percent of total sales of alcohol to ...

The world's top brewers once bet big on Russia's famous love of drinking, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into new plants and distribution networks. But now the Kremlin's campaign against ...