23.06.2026, 10:55
40 regions of Russia have decided to sell alcohol
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS In connection with the celebration of Youth Day and the school proms, which will be held on June 27, 40 regions of Russia decided not to sell alcohol. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to regional legislative acts.
The celebration of Youth Day falls on the last Saturday of June. The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation recommended that the regions hold graduation ceremonies on this day, so every second region decided to limit the sale of alcohol. Corresponding bans are being introduced in Bashkortostan, the Republics of Altai, Dagestan, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Komi, Mari El, Mordovia, Khakassia, Chuvashia, Khabarovsk, Kamchatka, Trans-Baikal Territories, Amur, Arkhangelsk, Bryansk, Volgograd, Vologda, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Magadan, Murmansk, Orenburg, Ryazan, Saratov, Penza, Sakhalin, Smolensk and Tyumen regions.
In addition to these regions, alcohol cannot be purchased in Nenets and Chukotka Autonomous Okrugs, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Sevastopol, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, as well as in St. Petersburg.
Earlier, Rosalokoltabakcontrol (RATK) stated that in May 2026, alcohol sales in Russia fell by 6 percent after rising in March and April. Andrey Moskovsky, president of the Alcopro Guild, admitted that sales are falling as consumer pessimism is increasing in the market: Russians have become more attentive to spending, and alcohol is the first category to cut spending.
The celebration of Youth Day falls on the last Saturday of June. The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation recommended that the regions hold graduation ceremonies on this day, so every second region decided to limit the sale of alcohol. Corresponding bans are being introduced in Bashkortostan, the Republics of Altai, Dagestan, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Komi, Mari El, Mordovia, Khakassia, Chuvashia, Khabarovsk, Kamchatka, Trans-Baikal Territories, Amur, Arkhangelsk, Bryansk, Volgograd, Vologda, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Magadan, Murmansk, Orenburg, Ryazan, Saratov, Penza, Sakhalin, Smolensk and Tyumen regions.
In addition to these regions, alcohol cannot be purchased in Nenets and Chukotka Autonomous Okrugs, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Sevastopol, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, as well as in St. Petersburg.
Earlier, Rosalokoltabakcontrol (RATK) stated that in May 2026, alcohol sales in Russia fell by 6 percent after rising in March and April. Andrey Moskovsky, president of the Alcopro Guild, admitted that sales are falling as consumer pessimism is increasing in the market: Russians have become more attentive to spending, and alcohol is the first category to cut spending.
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