Kalashnikov targets vodka market
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THE creator of the worldâs most popular rifle has launched a vodka under the same name - the kalashnikov. At 82 per cent proof, the drink may prove as powerful as its famous AK-47 assault rifle.
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Belvedere, the French group which is Poland's biggest vodka maker, is predicting better-than-expected sales for 2004 after a strong first half performance bucked the downward trend in the recession-hit Polish ...
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Avevano kalashnikov, fucili, pistole e munizioni
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Russia is poised to undertake an ambitious rearmament program to beef up its intercontinental ballistic missile stocks and nuclear submarine fleet. By the Associated Press.
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Russian gas firm Gazprom is aiming to grab a greater share of the UK market.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said he plans to buy 5,000 Dragunov sniper rifles from Russia to protect the oil-rich nation from a possible U.S. invasion.
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Three of the world's biggest spirit makers are interested in buying Absolut vodka, the Swedish government says.
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Bankrupt Russian oil major YUKOS (YUKO.RTS: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it would place ads in newspapers worldwide declaring its intention to seek damages of over $20 billion from parties involved in the sale of
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A POLISH distiller has set its initial public offering for January 18-28, to become the first vodka maker listed on the Warsaw bourse.
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Russia is set to go ahead with a sale of the main production asset of Yukos, the countryâs embattled oil company, despite an injunction issued late yesterday by a US court.
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Hundreds of new alcoholic beverages are popping up to slake a growing thirst to sip more attractive and expensive liquor.
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The state's liquor wholesalers and package stores yesterday launched a TV campaign suggesting that drunken-driving fatalities could double if a ballot question that would allow more Massachusetts food stores to sell wine succeeds.
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The billionaire Russian  entrepreneur behind Russia's biggest vodka maker has paid $3  million to acquire the vodka.com domain, part of a bid to  expand into the U.S. market, a broker said on Thursday.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will release a low-cost version of Windows for the Russian market in an attempt to combat the country's pirated software problem and growing Linux adoption.
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Scotch malt whisky distiller Glenmorangie GMGa.L is seeking offers for the company and is in preliminary talks with a number of potentially interested parties, the company says.
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The state-run Russian company that claims the rights to Stolichnaya vodka has targeted British spirits and wine group Allied Domecq in its fight to control the hundreds of millions of dollars in annual sales of the famed Russian vodka in the United States
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Business & money: Â· Drinks group signs Â£460m deal with Ketel OneÂ· Dutch vodka expected to cut into top seller's market