In Russia it was proposed to change the list of alcohol for parallel imports

In Russia, it is necessary to make changes to the list of alcohol permitted for parallel import. This was stated by the head of the Tatspirtprom holding (one of the largest domestic vodka producers) Ruslan Maksudov, RBC reports. The businessman noted that parallel imports were a good initiative to solve the problem of alcohol shortage, which arose due to the departure of Western producers from the Russian market. However, now, in his opinion, this is not necessary, since over the past two years, domestic companies themselves have filled this gap. He cited rum producers as an example. The businessman recalled that since July of this year, the country has introduced a minimum retail price (MRP) for this drink. “She didn’t just appear. This means that rum production in Russia has increased manifold. This is exactly the answer to the question that there are categories in which we can work quite independently,” said the businessman. In this regard, he proposed taking measures to ...