Ontario’s liquor retailer pulls vodka brand after Ukrainians complain name refers to Stalin
Ontario’s provincially owned liquor retailer is no longer selling Stalinskaya Silver Vodka due to complaints from the Ukrainian community that the name evokes memories of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The vodka company’s website says the name was inspired by the Russian word ‘stal’ — meaning steel. Stalinskaya, they say, means strength. But the Ukrainian community says its reference to Joseph Stalin…