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A Slovakian woman is stuck with 30,000 bottles of Russian vodka after Pa.’s ban

"I am definitely not an oligarch," Margaret Bayuk wrote in a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf, asking him to exempt her vodka brand, Ustianochka, from the PLCB's ban on Russian-made vodka.

Margaret Bayuk offers samples of Ustianochka at a previous event. Ustianochka is Russian-made but exclusively sold in Pennsylvania, where it's been taken off state store shelves by the Liquor Control Board.
Margaret Bayuk offers samples of Ustianochka at a previous event. Ustianochka is Russian-made but exclusively sold in Pennsylvania, where it's been taken off state store shelves by the Liquor Control Board.Read moreCourtesy Margaret Bayuk
    by Jenn Ladd
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