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After the Kremlin accused Ukraine of using Czech RM-70 Vampire rocket launchers against the Russian city of Belgorod, filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov is now calling for a ban on the sale of Czech beer.
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“It’s not about quality. A Russian filmmaker is calling for Czech beers to be withdrawn from Russian stores. | Video: Aktuálně.cz/Twitter/Francis Scarr
“In this regard, it is inappropriate for Czech beer to be available in Russian stores. And that’s not because it’s bad,” claims the filmmaker, referring to the attack in Belgorod. Director and producer Shakhnazarov is a regular guest on the television shows of host Vladimir Solovyov, a leading propagandist of President Vladimir Putin and one of the most vocal supporters of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Francis Scarr, who monitors Russian media for the British broadcaster BBC, drew attention to Shakhnazar’s statement. “I personally didn’t know that Czech beer was still sold in Russia, but apparently some breweries didn’t retreat after the invasion,” Scarr wrote in his post on the social network X, formerly Twitter.
“An inspection of one of the Russian hypermarkets revealed a whole range of foods of Czech origin. Some businessmen do not understand how their goods could get to (sanctions-)closed Russia, others remain silent,” the Seznam Zprávy a server wrote a year ago. However, this will not be the case with the German Globus hypermarket, which operates in the Czech Republic and Russia.
Globus has not withdrawn from the attacker’s country and currently offers several brands of Czech beers on its website. For example, Russians can buy Pilsner Urquell for 200 rubles (the equivalent of 52 crowns), Pražačka for 175 rubles (the equivalent of 45 crowns) or Holba for 155 (the equivalent of 40 crowns). Beer from the Budvar State Brewery is also available for 170 rubles (44 crowns). Cheap ones are Krušovice for 70 rubles or Velkopopovicky Kozel for 73 rubles (both the equivalent of around 18 crowns), which are brewed directly in Russia.
According to Moscow, the Ukrainian attack late last year claimed at least 14 lives and injured over 100. For this reason, the Russians demanded that the Czechs take part in the meetings of the UN Security Council. “We refuse to let Russia call us anywhere. The Czech Republic will not serve the aggressor’s propaganda, which is poisoned with lies. If Russia wants to discuss the withdrawal of its occupation troops in the Security Council, we will be happy to come,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský told them at the time. To this day, the Russians are still annoyed by the rejection.
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“Husband can’t live without sausage!” Russians are horrified when they see the price tags | Video: Associated Press
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