Red Bull ban
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It also comes as Russia has just decided that beer is alcohol not food.

Politicians in the Muslim republic of Chechnya have decided to ban Red Bull.  Some commentators say it is because the drink is "un-Islamic" and others that it is a health hazard due to its high caffeine and sugar content.

The state Duma in Moscow meanwhile is considering a ban on the drink being sold to people under-18 years of age.

There are already bans on the drink in certain parts of the world and restrictions on it being sold to certain groups as we have reported in the past on PlanetSKI.

We wrote another story about a Red Bull drink after traces of cocaine were found in its cola drink. They flew off the shelves!

There is no sign of it being restricted in ski resorts where it remains a very popular drink.

However with the Winter Olympics held in Sochi in 2014 and plans to create several multi-billion dollar ski areas in Russia it appears the energy-drink may not be so widely available.

4 billion cans of the drink were sold world-wide last year.

In a separate development the President Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic.

Up until now anything containing less than 10% alcohol has been classified as a foodstuff.

It will allow the government to restrict the sale of beer as it is now a alcoholic drink like spirits.

Beer sales have risen by 40% in the past decade in Russia.

Russians are well-known for their alcohol consumption and drink more than two times the safe level set by the World Health Organisation.

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