State Duma restricts sale of alcoholic beverages by bars in apartment housesRussia’s State Duma has passed in the second and third final readings a bill empowering regional authorities to put caps on sale of alcoholic beverages or ban the operation of public catering businesses, the premises of which are situated in apartment houses or in close proximity thereof.18:00 17.04.2020
Russia’s patent agency upholds denial of Alcoholics Anonymous brand registrationThe Chamber for Patent Disputes has upheld an earlier Russian Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) decision to refuse registration of American Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. brand A.A.13:02 29.01.2020
Winemaking bill adopted by Russian MPsThe State Duma has adopted a bill regulating winemaking and wine trade in Russia in the third and final reading.10:36 19.12.2019
Winemaking issue raised before Russia’s lower house of parliamentA bill on winemaking has been submitted to Russia’s lower house of parliament.12:53 17.10.2019
Ex-CEO of Russian vodka producer to stay under house arrest in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling extending house arrest of ex-CEO of Russian company producer of Five Lakes (Pyat Ozer) vodka brand Igor Savelyev, who stands charged with embezzlement, until November 16.10:30 03.10.2019
Car owner sentenced to prison for repeated drunken drivingA driver, who had been repeatedly caught for drunk driving, was sentenced to 8 months in a high-security penal colony, the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office told RAPSI on Tuesday.17:27 13.08.2019
Federation Council approves bill on tougher punishment for drunken-driving accidentsThe Federation Council, the upper house of Russian parliament, on Tuesday approved a bill toughening punishment up to 15 years in prison for drunken-driving traffic accidents leading to death or injuries.14:23 11.06.2019
Russian MPs back tougher punishment for drunken-driving accidentsThe State Duma adopted a bill toughening punishment up to 15 years in prison for drunken-driving traffic accidents led to death or injuries in the third and final reading on Thursday.16:11 30.05.2019
Ex-CEO of Russian vodka producer charged with embezzlement put under house arrestThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday released ex-CEO of Russian company producer of Five Lakes (Pyat Ozer) vodka brand Igor Savelyev, who stands charged with embezzlement, and placed him under house arrest.18:04 06.02.2019
Prosecutors appeal against Russian businessman’s sentence in alcohol smuggling caseProsecutors filed an appeal against a sentence of the Forum Holding Company CEO Dmitry Mikhalchenko, who had received 4 years and 7 months in a penal colony for alcohol trafficking.13:32 11.01.2019
Businessman Mikhalchenko sentenced to more than 4.5 years for alcohol smugglingThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Friday sentenced CEO of Forum Holding Company Dmitry Mikhalchenko to 4 years and 7 months in a minimum-security penal colony for alcohol trafficking.14:04 28.12.2018
Prosecutor demands 10 years for businessman Mikhalchenko in alcohol trafficking caseA prosecutor has asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to sentence CEO of Forum Holding Company Dmitry Mikhalchenko, who stands charged with alcohol trafficking, to 10 years in high-security prison.18:14 19.12.2018
Russian Supreme Court rules intoxication to no longer be aggravating circumstanceRussia’s Supreme Court has removed condition of alcohol or drug intoxication from a list of aggravating circumstances for a crime.12:21 18.12.2018
Bill on liability for driving with high amount of alcohol in blood reaches State DumaRussian government has filed a bill, introducing administrative liability for driving under influence of alcohol if it is detected not only in exhaled air but also in the blood of a driver, with the State Duma.12:30 07.09.2017
Putin toughens penalties for illegal alcohol circulationRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill toughening penalties for illegal production and sale of alcohol and alcohol-containing products into law.13:07 27.07.2017
State Duma passes bill on toughened penalty for unlawful circulation of alcoholThe State Duma has passed a bill on toughened punishment for unlawful production and sale of alcohol and alcohol-containing products.11:59 14.07.2017
Russian consumer rights watchdog to study bill on tougher penalties for fake alcoholThe Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) will study a bill toughening punishment for counterfeiting alcohol.11:48 11.10.2016
Investigators have raided Russian Customs Service over illegal alcohol deliveriesOfficers of the Russia’s Investigative Committee had carried out searchers in the Federal Customs Service (FCS) in the framework of a probe into illegal large-scale deliveries of alcohol beverages and neglect to pay mandatory customs duties.18:05 26.07.2016
Russian billionaire Mikhalchenko appeals detentionBillionaire Dmitry Mikhalchenko, who stands charged with alcohol trafficking, has filed an appeal against his detention.12:58 01.04.2016
Russian courts closed 156 alcohol-selling websites in five-month periodRussian courts satisfied more than 114 lawsuits over online sales of alcohol and ordered to close 156 websites and webpages in a five-month period.10:40 30.03.2016