According to Rosalkogolregulirovanie, there is no increase in the consumption of alcoholic beverages in Russia due to partial mobilization and sanctions. The head of the service, Igor Aleshin, talked about this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
“If we started drinking more we would see a sharp jump in retail, but that is not the case,” he explained.
On the contrary, a gradual decline was noted, Aleshin said.
The slight increase in legal retail sales in recent years is due to the legalization of the market. Thus, retail alcohol sales per capita, which was 6 liters in 2019, reached 6.5 liters in 2023.
According to Ministry of Health data, total alcohol consumption per capita decreased from 9.06 liters in 2019 to 8.62 liters in 2022. Aleshin stated that despite this background, there has been no increase in counterfeit products.
The share of imported alcohol in the Russian market has remained at 24% in recent years. At the same time, imports of strong alcohol are increasing, but domestic producers often have an advantage in competition.
Aleshin also talked about strengthening control over the illegal alcohol market, including recently adopted laws and beer labeling.
It was learned that farmers yesterday. started Vineyards were burned due to the oversupply of wine on the world market.
Russians before saidWhich alcoholic beverages should not be mixed.