Michael Niemeyer (L-R), Matthew Ervin, Alfredo Diaz, Richard Grossi, Rodney Scott, and John Duran empty Russian vodka bottles filled with water, into the gutter during a news conference at Micky's nightclub in West Hollywood, California August 1, 2013. Bar owners, city officials and members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations participated in the event to announce a boycott of Russian vodkas to protest new laws in Russia targeting homosexuals, according to a news release by the organizers. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-VODKA/BOYCOTT )