Posted AT 4:38 AM EDT on 17/08/05
Vodka ads lure Russians with Nazi imagery
Moscow — Miroslav Petkov threw back a triple shot of clear liquor and smiled with a mouthful of rotten teeth. The 21-year-old wasn't effusive about his first taste of Russia's newest vodka -- "It's not fantastic," he said -- but he was clearly impressed by the bottle.
Underneath the words "To victory, comrades!" embossed on the glass, a red-and-black label shows a drawing of a man carrying a sledgehammer.
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