Alberta Government Says No to Offensive Symbol on Vodka Bottles

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lays spikelets of wheat on the Holodomor memorial in Kiev on November 25 during a ceremony in memory of the victims of the Holodomor famine. The 1932-33 famine took place as harvests dwindled and Soviet leader Josef Stalin's police enforced the brutal communist policy of collectivizing agriculture by requisitioning grain and other foodstuffs. GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images

The Alberta government has barred a Russian brand of vodka featuring a hammer and sickle from entering the province.

The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission announced this week that Hammer + Sickle vodka will no longer be brought into Alberta, “effective immediately.”