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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsATTN Russian Trolls. Your country is lame. Here's definitive proof:
Is Russia Running Out of Beer? World Cup Fans Drink Cities Dry
Of all the problems Russia expected to encounter while hosting the World Cup, a booze shortage was not one. But that is precisely what soccer fans are facing in Moscow and other cities hosting the tournament as high demand has caught suppliers by surprise.
"We just didn't think they would only want beer," a waiter at an upmarket restaurant in the Russian capital told Reuters, asking not to be identified for fear of driving away thirsty customers.
Although alcohol plays an important role in Russian cuisine and cultureand shortages are virtually unheard of beer is seen as simply not strong enough to make the grade. It was only reclassified from soft to alcoholic beverage in 2011.
In recent days, multiple reports from the host cities of Moscow, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod suggested that cafes and bars around tournament venues are running low. Martin Freidman, security chief for the Swedish soccer assosciation (SvFF), said that fans of the Scandinavian nation were struggling to find places able to serve them a pint in Nizhny Novgorod, with a day to go until the teams opening match earlier this week, the Aftonbladet newspaper has reported.
http://www.newsweek.com/russia-running-out-beer-world-cup-fans-drink-cities-dry-988327
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ATTN Russian Trolls. Your country is lame. Here's definitive proof: (Original Post)
FSogol
Jun 2018
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BeyondGeography
(39,283 posts)1. They have half our population and 1/10 of the economy
Winning.
dubyadiprecession
(5,620 posts)2. For such a large country such as Russia.
It's economy is only slightly smaller than that of France. Now that is sad! 😫
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)3. Eh, drink vodka
A gallon a day should do it