To spit in the face of common sense", or how "United Russia" pushed the online sale of wine against the opinion of 40 regions.
Press service of the Communist Party faction in the State Duma.
At a plenary session of the State Duma, a government bill was discussed to conduct an experiment in the remote sale of alcohol through the Russian mail, in which Moscow and the Moscow region were chosen as pilot sites. The commentary of the Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Family Protection, Issues of Fatherhood, Motherhood and Childhood, Deputy of the Communist Party faction Nina Ustenina was recorded by Ilya Gamov, a member of the press service of the Communist Party faction in the State Duma.
"On the eve of the debate on this bill, we sent official letters to all constituent entities of the Russian Federation - after all, it is the regional authorities who know the situation on the ground and can calculate all the risks. The results of the review turned out to be amazing for the authors of the initiative: almost half of the regions do not support the proposal of the negative reviews of the state received, and 40.
The selection of the pilot areas caused special bewilderment among the delegates. The document involves conducting an experiment exclusively in Moscow and the Moscow region, but the authorities of the capital and Moscow themselves expressed categorical disapproval of this project. At the plenary session, I addressed a question to the honorable ministers: with whom was this bill agreed? How did you manage if the pilot regions you chose are strongly opposed and do not want to conduct an experiment on the remote sale of alcohol through a Russian post on their territory?
Ignoring the status of 40 regions indicates uncoordinated work of ministries. Regional authorities directly point to the risks of growing social tension and difficulties in controlling the circulation of products, but their opinion was simply not taken into account at the stage of developing the document. I called on the government to withdraw the amendment bill and hold genuine consultations with governors before bringing such initiatives to a vote.