RBK-TV: Alexander Mordovin – a guest of Pavel Demidovich (2016-02-17)

The President of Barley, Malt, Hops and Beer Union Alexander Mordovin, the Executive Director of Beer and Beverage Market Association Kamal Lebedev, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Russian Brewers’ Union Vyacheslav Mamontov took part in the analytical program of RBK-TV “ Beer market: local producers will win”, a TV presenter Pavel Demidovich. […]

The best malting barley variety is Ventina by “Berlin Program” (2016-02-16)

According to industrial malting and brewing trials carried out in Germany, the Variety Committee of Malting Barley Producers’ Union recommended malting barley variety “Ventina” for malt and brewing productions (selection company SaatzuchtJosef Breun GmbH& Co.KG). In December 2015 the Federal Variety Agency accepted following malting barley varieties «Cervinia» and «Crossway» for the first time. Among […]

Results of All-Russia Agricultural Conference 2016 (2016-02-15)

Annual All-Russia Agricultural Conference, devoted to the results of the crop industry and implementation of tasks under the Government Program 2016, including carrying out of seasonal filedworks, took place at the territory of VDNKh (pavilion No 75) in January 27, 2016. Over 800 participants took part in the Conference. Among them were representatives of the […]

New members of Barley, Malt, Hops and Beer Union in Russia (2016-02-09)

We’d like to inform you that a company “Saaten-Union” became a member of our Union. SAATEN-UNION: Breeding for the future! http://www.saaten-union.ru/ We live in a time of shortage of resources, changes in climate, the necessity of feeding a continuously growing world population and the increasing cultivation of renewable resources. One result of this current situation […]

Alexander Mordovin’s interview to Agro-TV: the development of beer and beverage market (2016-02-08)

In December 15, 2015 the President of Barley, Malt, Hops & Beer Union took part in the TV program “In details”. The topic of the interview: the development of beer and beverage market. The most urgent issues are roadmap focused on stabilization of the situation at the Russian alcohol market and current state of beer […]

People’s vodka for 100 rub.: “Rykovka”, “Andropovka”… – has the time come? (2016-02-01)

“Since we are not receiving loans, since we are poor in capital, and since, furthermore, we cannot go into bondage to the West-European capitalists, not being able to accept the enslaving terms that they offer us and which we have rejected, only one alternative remains—to seek sources in other spheres. After all, that is better than bondage. Here we have to […]

The Governor Merkushkin, the Samara Region and “beer” billions (2016-01-20)

Starting with 2012, we pointed up the necessity to stop subsiding transnational brewing companies from the means of the Federal budget. Similar schemes have been practised in the Samara Region, the Republic of Mordovia, the Omsk Region, the Tula Region and the Yaroslavl Region etc. Having reached the prohibition on direct subsiding (refer to http://barley-malt.ru/?p=4556&lang=en), […]