VODKA WINDSCREEN CLEANER
January 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIAN entrepreneur Oleg Udolin is making windscreen-cleaning fluid out of contraband vodka in a neat reversal of the traditional Russian penchant for drinking anti-freeze. The man's company extracts ethyl alcohol under licence from bottles of vodka confiscated by police and customs. So far he has converted more than 20 million litres and clients include BP service stations and the police themselves.
RUSSIAN entrepreneur Oleg Udolin is making windscreen-cleaning fluid out of contraband vodka in a neat reversal of the traditional Russian penchant for drinking anti-freeze. The man's company extracts ethyl alcohol under licence from bottles of vodka confiscated by police and customs. So far he has converted more than 20 million litres and clients include BP service stations and the police themselves.
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