Smirnoff was once a Russian vodka label, but the brand is now owned by drink giant Diageo and is made all over the world.
Owned by the English, now bottled in Australia and imported from the U.S.A, Smirnoff ranks as the most popular mid-priced vodka on the market.
Russian vodka is one of the country's main exports to Australia. The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations requested bottle shops to boycott the sale of Russian liquor in a move of solidarity for Ukraine.
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Smirnoff is another brand being confused as being Russian. Although it traces its heritage to 19th century Russia, the company has long been owned by British spirits giant Diageo and is manufactured in Illinois.
Which Other Vodkas Are Produced in Russia? In addition to Russian Standard and Beluga Noble, Russian brands include Husky Vodka, Jewel of Russia, Moskovskaya, Polugar, Ustianochka, and Zyr Russian Vodka.
But the most popular vodkas in the U.S. – including Smirnoff, Ciroc, Tito's, Absolut, Svedka, Grey Goose, SKYY and New Amsterdam – are not made in Russia. They are made in Sweden, France, the U.K. and the U.S.
Russian Standard, along with lesser-known vodka Green Mark, are one of the few alcohol brands imported from Russia and sold in the United States. It's parent company, Roust International, is owned by Roustam Tariko, a Russian oligarch who also owns Russian Standard Bank.
Two popular brands of vodka are: Stoli (Stolichnaya) and Smirnoff. Both are not made in Russia.
The Endeavour Group, the company which owns Dan Murphy's, BWS and Jimmy Brings, will remove all products with a Russian origin in the coming days.
The main products that Russia exported to Australia are Nitrogenous Fertilizers ($27.6M), Wood Carpentry ($18.4M), and Crude Petroleum ($15.4M). During the last 25 years the exports of Russia to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 7.89%, from $23.6M in 1995 to $157M in 2020.
Is Absolut Vodka Russian? Absolut Vodka is a Swedish vodka, produced in the village of Åhus in southern Sweden, from Swedish winter wheat.
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands including Australian-made Bundaberg Rum, Smirnoff vodka, Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, Baileys Original Irish cream liqueur and Guinness beer.
Rusty Barrel Vodka by Rusty Barrel Spirits
The Rusty Barrel's premium Vodka is made from a base of Australian wheat and pure Australian water.
A fan favourite, this vodka is carefully crafted in the heart of France and distilled five times for purity.
Nemiroff is a Ukrainian vodka brand, one of the world's largest producers of alcohol. The products are sold in more than 80 countries. The company is one of the top3 world leaders in supplying vodka to duty-free shops (Duty Free).
Since the early 2000s, Stoli Group, which manufactures Stolichnaya Vodka along with a variety of flavored spirits, has been based in Latvia. After its founding in the Soviet Union in 1938, the company's former CEO, Yuri Shefler, moved the firm out of Russia in 2000 as Putin was coming into power.
Stoli is a name you might recognize as it is probably the most famous Russian vodka brand abroad.
The distillery that produces Belvedere was constructed in 1910. Production began in 1993 at the facility located at Polmos Żyrardów, Poland.
The Smirnoff brand, meanwhile, is owned by London-based Diageo, a multinational beverage company. Smirnoff in the U.S. is distilled in Plainfield, Illinois. Vodka brands that are less identified with Russia also are not made there.
Grey Goose is a brand of vodka produced in France. It was created in the 1990s by Sidney Frank, who sold it to Bacardi in 2004.
Australia has joined the G7 in implementing a price cap on Russian oil. On 2 December 2022, G7 countries plus Australia agreed to the price cap of USD 60 per barrel of seaborne Russian-origin crude oil.