Canadian liquor stores are removing Russian vodka and other Russian made alcoholic beverages from their shelves in an act of condemnation over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
After weeks of warnings from Western leaders, Russia unleashed a three-pronged invasion of Ukraine from the north, east and south on Thursday, in an attack that threatened to upend Europe’s post-Cold War order.
Liquor stores in the provinces of Manitoba and Newfoundland said they were removing Russian spirits, while Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, also directed the Liquor Control Board Of Ontario to withdraw all Russian products.
In Ontario alone, all products produced in Russia will be removed from 679 stores.
“The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation, along with other Liquor jurisdictions throughout Canada, has made the decision to remove products of Russian origin from its shelves,” the NLC Liquor Store said.
Canada imported C$4.
8 million ($3.
78 million) worth of alcoholic beverages from Russia in 2021, according to Statistics Canada data.
That is down 23.
8% from C$6.
3 million in 2020.
Vodka is the second most popular spirit among Canadian consumers after whisky, Statscan said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced sanctions against Russia, which he said would impose “severe costs on complicit Russian elites” and limit President Vladimir Putin’s ability to continue funding the invasion.
“Ontario joins Canada’s allies in condemning the Russian government’s act of aggression against the Ukrainian people and we strongly support the federal government’s efforts to sanction the Russian government,” Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said.
“The people of Ontario will always stand against tyranny and oppression,” Bethlenfalvy said.
Reuters
Canadian liquor stores take Russian spirits off shelves after Ukraine invasion
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