On December 30, 2009 the Prime Minister of RF Vladimir Putin approved the Concept of state policy to reduce the abuse of alcoholic beverages and to prevent alcohol abuse among population of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020, that was published on January 13, 2010 (Government Decree № 2128 -r. The full […]

Dear Colleagues and BMBU Members! On behalf of the Barley, Malt and Beer Union (BMBU) and myself, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year of 2013! The passing year was not easy. But we searched and found ways of solving complex challenges and we achieved success together with you. And we […]

On the website of the Barley, Malt and Beer Union in the category “Malting barley – Statistics” you can find statistical information “Variety – areas under crops” on varieties of malting, forage and food barley sown in the RF in 2011-2012: elite material, 1-4 reproduction, mass reproduction. We kindly ask the companies interested in detailed […]

Due to numerous inquiries of participants of the market “malting barley-beer” about the legal regulation of production and turnover of beer products regarding the use of malting and unmalted grain and sugar-containing components we report the following: – On 01.01.2013 the Provision of the Federal Law No. 218 dated 18.07.2011 (you can find the Law […]

We have worked out description of the Beijing Program and the stages of its implementation. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation approved the Round table meeting on issues of the Beijing Program that is supposed to be held in January 2013 in the MA with participation of: representatives of the executive power of […]

The BMBU representatives – President A.N. Mordovin and General Director A.V. Rubtsov – have returned from a trip to Brau Beviale 2012, where the Union was presented with a stand. Numerous meetings were held with Russian and foreign representatives of the production chain “malting barley – beer”. The following topics were of particular interest: 1. […]

The president of the Barley, Malt and Beer Union Alexander Mordovin will make a report at the International conference “Niche agricultural crops: new opportunities for agribusiness in Ukraine” that will be held from 6 to 7 December 2012 in the city of Kiev, Ukraine. The conference is devoted to estimation of the situation in the […]

The co-project of the Barley, Malt and Beer Union (BMBU) and China National Research Institute of Food and Fermentation Industries (CNRIFFI) “Organization of scientific trials of malting barley varieties” that aims to organize trials and production of malting barley varieties in Russia for export to China, was approved at the XVI session of the Russia-China […]

On November 08, 2012 a meeting of the Expert Board attached to the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management took place. The President of the Barley, Malt and Beer Union A.N. Mordovin is the member of the Board Presidium. The Expert Board includes 78 experts; it is headed by Professor […]