As war in Ukraine rages, Bacardi finds a windfall selling booze to Russians



Bacardi carta blanca rum on supermarket shelves in Volzhsky, Russia on Sept. 21, 2021. Photo: YAY Images

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 liquor giant Bacardi Ltd., whose U.S. operations are based in Coral Gables, publicly pledged its support for Ukraine and announced that it had “paused exports to Russia and froze advertising” there.

That was then. With the war still raging, this is now: Bacardi’s Russian subsidiary, Bacardi Rus LLC, is enjoying a “financial bonanza,” according to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.


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