Vodka and cognac sales in Russia fell by 16.4 percent and 20.3 percent during the year, the newspaper reported. vedomosti With reference to Rosstat data.
According to the publication, in the first half of the year, the sales volume of vodka decreased to 30.2 million decaliters (branch), while the sales volume of cognac and brandy decreased to 3.7 million decaliters. At the same time, vodka production decreased by 9% to 33.2 million decaliters, and cognac and brandy production decreased by 13% to 4.2 million decaliters.
Experts explain such indicators by the growth of the illegal market. Sultan Khamzaev, leader of the all-Russia movement Sober Russia, said that since some high-quality alcohol producers left Russia, wholesale suppliers began to replace them with fakes and cooperate with shadow producers.
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