In December 26, 2014 the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Andrey Volkov convened a Conference “Current state and prospects of the raw-material base for malt and brewing productions”. Representatives of the Federation Council, the Federal Service for Alcohol Market regulation, regional executive authorities, branch unions and companies of the production chain “barley – beer” took part […]

The Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation drafted the Departmental Order “On Electronic form of declarations containing information about production volumes, circulation and use of alcohol products and production capacities”. The Decree spells out the terms for submitting accounts by beer and beer-based producers. You can find the Decree by reference.  

According to the data of the Federal Service of State Statistics, in November 2014 beer production in Russia (with alcohol content from 0,5 to 8,6%) was 51.339,74 dL. and in January – November 2014 – 704.815,93 dL. that is equivalent to 92,7% for the same period last year. More detailed statistics of beer production in […]

A green signal for Russian grain export to PRC! According to “Beijing Program” introduced by the President of the National Grain producers’ Union P. Skurikhin and the President of Barley, Malt, Hops & Beer Union A. Mordovin supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry for Economic Development, two PRC delegations – public bodies […]

Jacek Krzysztof Pastuszka Date and place of birth: 1963, Poland Education: the Academy of Economics in Katowice, Poland, (Wydziału Handlu Zagranicznego Akademii Ekonomicznej) with a Master’s degree in Foreign Trade. Favorite countries: Poland and Norway (NB: we hope that he’ll also get to like our Russia) Character: he is of a solitary nature, Jacek Pastuszka’s […]

According to confirmed information, in December 12, 2014 the State Duma Committee for Economic Policy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship recommended the State Duma to pass the bill in the first reading “Concerning Amending of some Legislative Acts of the RF about prevention measures against illegal production and circulation of alcohol products.   “The document contains information about […]

According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service, retail sales of alcohol products in the Russian regions over a period of January – October 2014 were (dL): – Vodka 84378944,1; – Cognac 9489036,7; – Alcoholic beverages >25% 6503637,6; – Alcoholic beverages <25% 5749915,4; – Wine 86765919,5; – Low alcohol drinks 18014058,4; – Beer […]