The State Duma allowed Russian Post to sell alcohol to save the company from losses.
Russian Post will be allowed to sell local wine in Moscow and the Moscow region through its website. The State Duma adopted the corresponding bill in the first reading at a meeting on Wednesday, November 11, Interfax reports. Lower House Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the measure would support the national postal operator and Russian wine producers. According to the initiative, to order you will have to confirm your age with the state services and wait for the goods to be delivered within 24 hours. Volodin emphasized that this approach will not lead to an increase in alcohol consumption, since there are alcohol markets in every yard, and online wine delivery will require a long wait.
The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for Economic Policy, Nadezhda Shkolkina, stated that the innovation "will make people's lives more comfortable." At the same time, she emphasized that "this is not an order with delivery by courier", since you will have to "go to the post office" to receive wine. "It's also about developing a taste for Russian wines and supporting small wineries," Shkolkina added. The Ministry of Agriculture will approve companies that will be allowed to sell their products through the Russian Post website. The head of the department, Oksana Lot, stated that the experiment will be carried out for three years only with a government company, and later "we will think about it".
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