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Ban on Georgia's water

Moscow: Russia has pulled the plug on a Georgian water that many regard as a perfect hangover cure in a nation known to like a tipple. Borjomi, with its relieving mix of minerals and salts, has been banned from Russian shops and restaurants — the latest victim in a trade war between the small Caucasus state and its giant neighbour. Russia's chief sanitation official, Gennady Onishchenko, told Interfax news agency that the decision was due to the discovery of ``lots of counterfeited water whose quality does not comply with what is written on the label or with sanitary and taste standards at all.'' He said two batches of the sparkling water had failed tests and he was banning imports. —

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