The Buchkari lemonade producer asked Putin to transfer the former Coca-Cola business in Russia to him. This material (information) is produced and distributed by Bell's foreign agent or relates to Bell's foreign agent's activities. 18+ The Altai beer and lemonade producer Buchkari wrote to Vladimir Putin in mid-October: the company asked to introduce temporary management to JSC Multon and LLC Multon Partners, which will bottle Coca-Cola in Russia until 2022, and to appoint itself as the manager, Kommersant learned. The appeal has been forwarded to the government, the relevant deputy prime ministers have already partially supported it, one of the sources told the publication. Moulton Partners owns Coca-Cola HBC, one of the largest bottlers of the Coca-Cola Company, whose shares are traded in London. After 2022, Russian businesses stopped producing global brands and switched to their own brands: "Dobri", "Rich", "Moya Samia". According to the general director of Infoline-Analytics, Mikhail Burmistrov, Molton remains the largest producer of soft drinks in the country and is worth at least 245 billion rubles, of which 95 billion are in accounts. Last year, Coca-Cola HBC received revenues of 1.61 billion euros (152.8 billion rubles) from the Russian division. The revenues of the barrels themselves for 2025 amounted to 8.64 billion rubles. In the letter, Buchkari explains the request by saying that the owners of Moulton have frozen investments in Russia, and this harms the economy and tax revenues. In addition, according to the authors of the letter, Coca-Cola supports Ukraine and sponsors the World and European Football Championships and the Olympic Games, where Russian athletes are prohibited. After becoming a manager, the company promises to invest in "historic territories of Russia" and fund charity. The main owner of "Buchkari" Vadim Samagin (97.9%) has already received business from a foreign company in a similar way.

The Buchkari lemonade producer asked Putin to transfer the former Coca-Cola business in Russia to him. This material (information) is produced and distributed by Bell's foreign agent or relates to Bell's foreign agent's activities. 18+ The Altai beer and lemonade producer Buchkari wrote to Vladimir Putin in mid-October: the company asked to introduce temporary management to JSC Multon and LLC Multon Partners, which will bottle Coca-Cola in Russia until 2022, and to appoint itself as the manager, Kommersant learned. The appeal has been forwarded to the government, the relevant deputy prime ministers have already partially supported it, one of the sources told the publication. Moulton Partners owns Coca-Cola HBC, one of the largest bottlers of the Coca-Cola Company, whose shares are traded in London. After 2022, Russian businesses stopped producing global brands and switched to their own brands: "Dobri", "Rich", "Moya Samia". According to the general director of Infoline-Analytics, Mikhail Burmistrov, Molton remains the largest producer of soft drinks in the country and is worth at least 245 billion rubles, of which 95 billion are in accounts. Last year, Coca-Cola HBC received revenues of 1.61 billion euros (152.8 billion rubles) from the Russian division. The revenues of the barrels themselves for 2025 amounted to 8.64 billion rubles. In the letter, Buchkari explains the request by saying that the owners of Moulton have frozen investments in Russia, and this harms the economy and tax revenues. In addition, according to the authors of the letter, Coca-Cola supports Ukraine and sponsors the World and European Football Championships and the Olympic Games, where Russian athletes are prohibited. After becoming a manager, the company promises to invest in "historic territories of Russia" and fund charity. The main owner of "Buchkari" Vadim Samagin (97.9%) has already received business from a foreign company in a similar way.