CEO of the Center for Political Information, Alexei Mukhin, says that the favourite drink in the Duma is whisky, and cognac in ministries. Ladies of politics do not differ much from ordinary women. They prefer champagne and wine both in the government and in the Parliament. Politicians do not drink vodka and beer, for these drinks are too cheap and simple.
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According to experts, politicians of older generation prefer vodka. So does the Gennady Zuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of Russia. He says he drinks moderately, three glasses at most. Many other old-timers of the parliament and the government confess drinking vodka as well. “I never drink whisky, if I drink anything, it is vodka,” said Gennady Raikov, a member of Russia’s Central Election Committee.
Irina Khahamada prefers a glass of red wine. Deputy Duma speaker Lyubov Sliska likes champagne, while Anatoly Chubais, the head of Russia’s energy monopoly Unified Energy Systems, likes lager beer better. Grigory Yavlinsky combines patriotism and Westernism – he drinks Stolichnaya vodka and Johnnie Walker whisky. Viktor Chernomyrdin developed a taste for the Ukrainian vodka known as horilka when he worked in Ukraine. Apart from Chubais, only Vladimir Putin admits drinking beer.
Most foreign politicians prefer beer. US former president Bill Clinton went on a trip in Prague alehouses, degusted many sorts of beer there and was very pleased with the excursion. Germany’s former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder finds pleasure in drinking beer and in singing songs about it. George Bush prefers Coca-Cola to all alcoholic drinks, because he used to consume a lot of strong drinks when he was younger.
Translated by Julia Bulygina
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