In the Leningrad region, it was decided that breaking into a residential building after ten in the evening is no longer commerce, but insolence. The deputies of the legislative assembly adopted in three readings a ban on the sale of draft beer, cider, port and beer from 22:00 to 11:00 in the so-called "bar shops" - points where the trading floor and the cafe are not legally separated. The parliament emphasizes that the federal legislation classifies these drinks as alcoholic products, which are subject to temporary restrictions. Targeted attack: against those "double" establishments on the first floors that pretend to be grocery stores during the day and sell takeaway alcohol at night. The advantage is clear - for the residents. The experience of St. Petersburg, where similar measures have been in place since 2025, showed that complaints about noise and disorder decreased by about a third. The logic is simple: if a point cannot sell at night, it changes its format or closes. But there is also a downside that economists warn against. Back in 2025, referring to the St. Petersburg law, experts said: restrictions do not harm shadow businesses, but legal small businesses, and the demand has not gone anywhere - it has entered an illegal cycle. Closing price of "nalivaki" -. "Going into the shadows" Leningrad Region chose a cautious path: the ban applies only to undivided points. It's a compromise. The only question is whether the "shadow" will learn to count until eleven in the morning. And we watch.

In the Leningrad region, it was decided that breaking into a residential building after ten in the evening is no longer commerce, but insolence. The deputies of the legislative assembly adopted in three readings a ban on the sale of draft beer, cider, port and beer from 22:00 to 11:00 in the so-called "bar shops" - points where the trading floor and the cafe are not legally separated. The parliament emphasizes that the federal legislation classifies these drinks as alcoholic products, which are subject to temporary restrictions. Targeted attack: against those "double" establishments on the first floors that pretend to be grocery stores during the day and sell takeaway alcohol at night. The advantage is clear - for the residents. The experience of St. Petersburg, where similar measures have been in place since 2025, showed that complaints about noise and disorder decreased by about a third. The logic is simple: if a point cannot sell at night, it changes its format or closes. But there is also a downside that economists warn against. Back in 2025, referring to the St. Petersburg law, experts said: restrictions do not harm shadow businesses, but legal small businesses, and the demand has not gone anywhere - it has entered an illegal cycle. Closing price of "nalivaki" -. "Going into the shadows" Leningrad Region chose a cautious path: the ban applies only to undivided points. It's a compromise. The only question is whether the "shadow" will learn to count until eleven in the morning. And we watch.