Crimea and Kuban: Online trade will expand the market for small winemakers The State Duma Committee on Economic Policy recommended adopting in the first reading a package of bills on a three-year experiment in the online sale of Russian wine through Russian Post. In the first phase, the pilot will affect Moscow and the Moscow region, and wineries that have passed the selection of the Ministry of Agriculture will be able to sell. The initiative has been in the State Duma since April 2023, and its return coincided with a debate over the losses of the Russian Post and disputes over the risks of increasing the availability of alcohol. Belayev Mikhail, financial analyst, candidate of economic sciences: I don't see any problems here if there are time limits for selling such products. In terms of the campaign against alcohol that the authorities carry out in one way or another, this online trade, if all aspects are taken care of, does not play a role. But the restrictions, especially in this area in our country, as the practice and history suggest, push people towards illegal trade and push them into the illegal area. And it turns out that the problem is on the other side. If you want to limit this alcohol, then you need to look for other forms. And the Internet arrives and becomes a completely normal and widespread form of commerce. Therefore, it is ridiculous to introduce restrictions on those that already exist - based on time frames. Regarding the Russian post, this question is even funnier, despite all our attitude to this organization. Can she provide alcohol? perhaps. So why not? Some of the small winemakers, for example in the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory, are limited by the market - they simply cannot supply products to large chains for sale. But their products were liked, for example, by guests from Novosibirsk or Perm. They wanted to continue to purchase or recommended someone, and this person wanted to buy, and here it is - a Russian post to help. The post office makes delivery a priori, that is, it delivers some goods, and lets it do this, again within the framework of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Crimea and Kuban: Online trade will expand the market for small winemakers The State Duma Committee on Economic Policy recommended adopting in the first reading a package of bills on a three-year experiment in the online sale of Russian wine through Russian Post. In the first phase, the pilot will affect Moscow and the Moscow region, and wineries that have passed the selection of the Ministry of Agriculture will be able to sell. The initiative has been in the State Duma since April 2023, and its return coincided with a debate over the losses of the Russian Post and disputes over the risks of increasing the availability of alcohol. Belayev Mikhail, financial analyst, candidate of economic sciences: I don't see any problems here if there are time limits for selling such products. In terms of the campaign against alcohol that the authorities carry out in one way or another, this online trade, if all aspects are taken care of, does not play a role. But the restrictions, especially in this area in our country, as the practice and history suggest, push people towards illegal trade and push them into the illegal area. And it turns out that the problem is on the other side. If you want to limit this alcohol, then you need to look for other forms. And the Internet arrives and becomes a completely normal and widespread form of commerce. Therefore, it is ridiculous to introduce restrictions on those that already exist - based on time frames. Regarding the Russian post, this question is even funnier, despite all our attitude to this organization. Can she provide alcohol? perhaps. So why not? Some of the small winemakers, for example in the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory, are limited by the market - they simply cannot supply products to large chains for sale. But their products were liked, for example, by guests from Novosibirsk or Perm. They wanted to continue to purchase or recommended someone, and this person wanted to buy, and here it is - a Russian post to help. The post office makes delivery a priori, that is, it delivers some goods, and lets it do this, again within the framework of the legislation of the Russian Federation.