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Viktor takes control of vodka

Sunday 24 April 1994 23:02 BST
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The Russian Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, restored the government's monopoly on the sale and production of vodka and other alcoholic beverages yesterday, according to the Itar-Tass news agency, AP reports from Moscow.

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