LONDON — A product introduced Monday brings together two of Russia’s most famous exports: vodka and the AK-47 assault rifle. What ties them together? Both are named after Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov.
It’s plentiful, portable, durable, and so simple that even a child can use one. It’s the Avtomat Kalashnikova, or AK-47, the assault rifle that Josef Stalin gave to the world and that long outlived ...
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