1.   To claim a genuinely Russian product, Smirnoff began producing vodka at a Moscow distillery and is moving to a larger factory near St. Petersburg.

2.   Smuggled alcohol is used to produce bootleg vodka, which is being sold in Lithuanian villages at half the price of state-produced vodka, BNS said.

3.   Stamp is managing director of Canadian Iceberg Vodka, formed last year to produce vodka made with water from icebergs.

4.   The management of the Koneser company, which still produces vodka in part of the building, has supported the idea of a theater.

5.   The local administration chief in a southern Russian town was found to have a mini-plant to produce fake vodka at her house, police said Friday.

6.   The Kristall distillery, which produces Stolichnaya vodka, was the scene of a two-month standoff last year in which competing factions occupied offices and production facilities.

7.   The recent ruling was the latest in a series of legal victories for the Russian descendants of the Smirnoff name, who produce Smirnov vodka in Russia.

8.   The top-quality vodka is being produced in small batches and only on special order, the report said.