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Russia Sets Minimum Vodka Price to Curb Counterfeit Alcohol Production
January 20, 2010
On January 1, 2010, Russia introduced a new minimum price for a vodka bottle in an effort to prevent the production and sale of counterfeit alcohol blamed for the deaths of thousands of people each year.
The lowest price of any half a liter vodka bottle is now approximately USD 3 (EUR 2). Officials hope that the move will help reduce alcohol abuse in the country, while also protecting Russia’s legal vodka producers.
For more information on this issue please go here or contact Jelena Jankovic in our Balkan Regional Office.
Source: RIA Novosti
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