Yuri Shefler owns SPI Group, which produces and sells alcohol under 380 brands in 170 countries. Its best known brand is Stolichnaya vodka, which Shefler bought from state-owned VVO Soyuzplodoimport for $285,000 in 1997.
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.
Yuri Shefler (Russian: Юрий Викторович Шефлер; (born 10 September 1967) is a Russian, British and Israeli billionaire businessman. He is the owner of SPI Group, an international consortium that sells alcohol in 160 countries, most notably the Stolichnaya vodka brand.
Russian Standard (Russian: Ру́сский Станда́рт, tr. Rússkу Standárt, IPA: [ˈrusːkʲɪj stɐnˈdart]) is a major Russian company producing the vodka brand of the same name. The brand was founded by Roustam Tariko in 1998.
Stoli has been manufactured in Latvia since 2000, when its founder and Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler was exiled from the country for expressing opposition to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Smirnoff is named after Vladimir Smirnoff who fled from Russia during the country's revolution, but it's owned by British company Diageo (ticker: DEO) and is made in the U.S., Canada, and many other countries—but not Russia. The company, on its website, trumpets the phrase “proudly made in America” in red.
Stoli Group, the makers of their popular Stolichnaya vodka, are Russian-themed. However, they are not made in Russia. According to their website, their products are manufactured and bottled in Riga, Latvia. They also publicly condemn the military invasion of Ukraine on their website.
Stoli® Group Denounces Russian Aggression and Shares History of Opposition. Stoli® Group has a long history of fighting the Russian regime. We unequivocally condemn the military action in Ukraine and stand in support of the Ukrainian people. “The safety and security of our Ukrainian team is our top priority.
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.
Smirnoff (/ˈsmɪərnɒf/; Russian: [smʲɪrˈnof]) is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898). It is distributed in 130 countries.
GREY GOOSE was created in 1997 by Sidney Frank and the brand's Maître de Chai (Cellar Master), Francois Thibault. It was acquired by Bacardi in 2004.
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LARKSPUR, Calif. — Family-owned O'Neill Vintners & Distillers announced the introduction of Saint Javelin Vodka, a new premium vodka that will go on sale in mid-August, to support Ukrainian relief efforts and help rebuild a country and people brought down by a horrific war.
Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, in southern Sweden. Absolut is a part of the French group Pernod Ricard. Pernod Ricard bought Absolut for €5.63 billion in 2008 from the Swedish state.
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.
Stoli is a name you might recognize as it is probably the most famous Russian vodka brand abroad.
Yuri Shefler owns SPI Group, which produces and sells alcohol under 380 brands in 170 countries. Its best known brand is Stolichnaya vodka, which Shefler bought from state-owned VVO Soyuzplodoimport for $285,000 in 1997.
“While I have been exiled from Russia since 2000 due to my opposition to Putin, I have remained proud of the Stolichnaya brand,” he said in a statement. “Today, we have made the decision to rebrand entirely as the name no longer represents our organization.
In the statement, Russian-born Stoli Group founder Yuri Shefler said he was exiled from Russia in 2000 for his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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).
The taste is as biting and distinct as ever. Our panel split over its merits; some found Stoli to be “less blunt” than Absolut, praised its “interesting attack” and “potency,” and noticed “hints of charcoal” in its flavor. (I found out later that Stoli is filtered through quartz, cloth, and Siberian birch charcoal.)
Most of the brand's vodka ranges from 70 to 80 proof, but the company also produces a 100 proof bottle. Stoli is a quality standard vodka that is best mixed but can be enjoyed straight. It earns a No. 9 spot on our list because of the brand's focus on purity over flavors.