+World | February 23, 2011
Russia's President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin drink beer while watching the international friendly soccer match between Argentina and Russia in Sochi

Russia Joins the Rest of the World, Admits Beer is Alcohol

By Erin Skarda

Perhaps Russian legislators have just witnessed the drunken debauchery that is a beer-infused frat party, but for the first time in the country, the sudsy beverage will be regulated less like soda and more like booze.