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Baltics Exporting FOUR TIMES As Much Booze to Russia

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by: 68g.1509 - Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:18 UTC

https://www.euronews.com/2024/02/19/latvia-exported-millions-of-euros-worth-of-alcohol-to-russia-in-2023-despite-ukraine-war

Latvia and Lithuania are accused of acting as middlemen between
Western producers of booze and Russia.

Latvia was the biggest exporter of whiskey to Russia in 2023,
according to data published by the Russian state-owned news
agency Ria Novosti.

That's despite high tensions between the two countries
following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and
Western sanctions.

Ria Novosti wrote that Russia imported almost €244 million
worth of whiskey between January and September 2023, almost
four times more than in the same period the year before.

.. . .

Hmmm ... SOUNDS bad, but MAYBE it TELLS us
something about Russia - that they're drinking
four times as much now. That would indicate some
major tension/angst/despair in the population.

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