According to the Resolution of the Federal Assembly of the Federation Council of the RF No 153 “Concerning current state and development prospects of the Russian alcohol market”, senators supported our position focused on PET prohibition. You can find the Resolution here.  The Senate proposed to prohibit 1,5 l. PET containers from July 1, 2016 […]

The President of Barley, Malt, Hops & Beer Union Alexander Mordovin took part in the meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the Government Alexander Khloponin concerning introduction of USAIS system in 2016. Representatives of enterprises, labor unions and associations connecting with alcohol production and circulation took part in the meeting.  According to the Federal Law […]

One of the oldest and authoritative Turkish humor magazines “Leman” positioned an interesting caricature on their webpage: the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan is inside of a glass bottle with a logo “SISICAM” clearly bespeaking warm and close relations of Erdogan’s family with this unknown to Russia group of companies. The fact of presence […]

Carried out consultations with producers of brewing products, brewers’ malt and malting barley of participating countries of the Eurasian Economic Union during BrauBeviale in Nurnberg, the President of Barley, Malt, Hops & Beer Union Alexander Mordovin addressed to the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and the Minister of Agriculture of the RF […]

The Russian Regional and Federal Alcohol Markets Studies Center made calculations concerning dependence of regions upon beer excise taxes. The following regions have a maximum budget share from beer excise taxes: The Samara region – 7,76%, St. Petersburg – 7,33% and the Moscow region – 6,81%, the Novosibirsk, Tula and Yaroslavl region – 5,29%, 5,03% […]

According to the data of the Federal Service of State Statistics, in October 2015 beer production in Russia (with alcohol content from 0,5 to 8,6%) was 52.984,4 dL. and in January – October 2015 – 607.947.92 dL. that is equivalent to 92,2% for the same period last year. More detailed statistics of beer production in […]

Despite last-ditch attempts of “Russian” Brewers’ Union to freeze beer excise taxes and involving of old fellows – the Ministry for Economic Development and the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (it was a strange fact when the FAS interfered into the issues of the Ministry of Finance), excise rates have been increased on Friday , 13th of […]

By invitation of Dr. Roland Fleck and Peter Ottmann, leaders of the exhibition centre “NuernbergMesse”, Presidents of the leading agricultural Unions of the RF:   Ludmila Manitskaya Leonid Popovich Alexander Mordovin       took part in the beverage trade fair BrauBeviale that was held from 10th to 12th of November 2015 in Nurnberg. Over […]

Winners of the competition of the best products and services “Moscow Quality-2015” have been chosen. In November 12, during the World Quality Day, the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the contest for the best goods and services “Moscow Quality-2015”. The contest was organized by the […]

In November 5, 2015 the CEO of Barley, Malt, Hops & Beer Union Alexey Rubtsov took part in the meeting with the First Deputy Minister for Economic Development A.E. Likhatchev devoted to the development of the roadmap for the Russian export to SCO countries. It bears noting that our Union together with the Grain Producers’ […]