My store, Stew Leonard's, has a sizable liquor department and

[no_hypocrisy]

they've removed ALL Russian products. Mostly vodka. I almost stumbled on Legends of the Kremlin on the way out of the store. (I'm serious. That's the name of the swill . . . . . )

[dem4decades]

1. Years ago I was in a upstate NY bar that had a big sign "No Russian Vodka".

Years before his time, God Bless you Jimmy O'Connor.

[Tomconroy]

2. Been a Stew Leonard's customer since the 80s. Moooo!

[DinahMoeHum]

3. A waste of time and money, and won't make ANY impact.

Only about 1.2% of all vodka imported into the US is Russian-manufactured.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-food-drink/article258922958.html

Genuine Russian-made vodkas include the brands:

Russian Standard Beluga Noble Russian Vodka
Beluga Noble Russian Gold Vodka Z
Zyr Russian Vodka

What about the most famous Russian-sounding brand, Stoli (short for Stolichnaya)?

The Stoli® vodka brands and its owner Yuri Shefler were exiled from Russia nearly two decades ago. “As the Founder of SPI Group of companies, I have personally experienced persecution by the Russian authorities and I share the pain of Ukraine and its people,” noted Mr. Shefler.

Stoli is now “manufactured and bottled in Riga, Latvia,” according to the company’s statement, and the company has operations “in Ukraine and across many of the bordering countries,” not Russia.

https://stoli.com/

[rurallib]

4. Also, I am guessing imbibers of vodka are very flexible as to brand