114: Michael McFaul | What It's Like to Stand Up to Putin
The Jordan Harbinger Show
The Politics of Drinking in Russia
Most of the drinking in Russia back then, it's changed now, obviously. But most of the drinking back then would take place in apartments in not a bar. You would have to buy, especially in the, there was this period where they're trying to cut down on drinking. So you'd have to buy vodka on the black market. That's called Samagon. Well, so you know a thing or two about communist command economy? Yeah, a little bit. It's just, I was wondering if it was, that was uniquely strange for North Korea."
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