As just about everyone knows by now, Russia is horrific to its gay population. While Vladimir Putin's Kremlin enacts and enforces aggressive anti-gay laws, many around the world have taken to ...

Few cocktails have stood the test of time like the White Russian. Its roots trace back to the 1930s, with cocktails like the Russian (vodka, gin, and crème de cacao) and the Barbara (vodka, crème de ...

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, ...

If you’ve noticed an absence of Stolichnaya vodka from the shelves of your local bar or liquor store in the past week, it’s probably not due to a supply shortage. The culprit is more likely a ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The global financial crisis has grown so bad that Russians are cutting back on vodka. Stockpiles of Russia's national drink were six times higher at the start of the month than the ...

Russia is famous as the land of vodka. But recently Russians’ taste for beer has been growing fast. Having had one of the lowest levels of beer consumption in Europe in the 1980s, partly because of ...