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The EU banned imports of Russian vodka last April (Photo: Ivan Zanotti)

Blood vodka? Russian firm opens distillery on EU doorstep

A factory in Montenegro has started making Russian vodka for export to the EU in a highly public test of its sanctions regime.

"We will be proud when Beluga Montenegro appears in shop windows all over the world," said Montenegro's prime minister Dritan Abazović at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the distillery in the town of Nikšić on Wednesday (12 April).

"See: Beluga Montenegro, look — produced, bottled in Montenegro. People around the world will be able to read it because their ...

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