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Russia tried to introduce beer as kind of the new vodka - and it's working with younger people in major cities - but you can have ten shots of vodka and be perfectly okay. If I had ten beers, I would be liquidated.

Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
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