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Russian vodka is being sent to the gulag by at least two Vancouver nightspots who refuse to serve brands from where Vladimir Putin calls home to protest Moscow’s recent repressive laws against homosexuals.
The Russian president recently enacted laws meant to restrict homosexuals from living openly in the country, even threatening to arrest openly gay tourists who visit for next year’s Sochi Winter Olympics.
The country has also passed laws forbidding Russian babies from being adopted by same-sex couples.
The new laws don’t jive with Drew Watling.
The manager of the Fountainhead Pub has pulled Russian vodka brands from his bar. Furthermore, if Moscow hasn’t backtracked on its new laws by the time of the Games, the sports bar won’t be screening them.
“We’re just taking a stand in solidarity and support for the LGBT community worldwide,” Watling said. “If enough people stand up and say something then hopefully it’ll get a lot more notoriety and get people talking.”
Celebrities nightclub, located across the street from the Fountainhead, said on its Facebook page it also won’t be selling Russian vodka, demonstrating solidarity with numerous watering holes across North America that have started similar boycotts.
Sitting at the bar Thursday, drinking a lager, patron Scott Finch said he’s in support of the boycott, calling Putin’s actions against gays “criminal.” “I’ve tried to avoid anything to do with Russia for a long time,” said Finch
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