Russia Post to Sell Domestic Wine Online
"Russian Post" offered to sell domestic wine online. The State Duma Committee on Economic Policy recommended adopting a bill on the remote sale of Russian wine through "Russian Post".
Consensus
- The State Duma's Committee on Economic Policy recommended approving a bill to conduct an online experiment in selling Russian wine through Russia Post.
- The experiment will initially be limited to Moscow and the Moscow Region.
- The initiative aims to support domestic winemaking.
- Russia Post will create a specialized portal for the online sales.
- The list of participating winemakers will be compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture.
- Rosalcoholtabaccontrol will oversee compliance with alcohol control systems.
- Russia Post has been experiencing financial losses for several years.
- Russia Post already sells various goods such as groceries, household chemicals, toys, and seeds.
Points of divergence
- The Ministry of Health and public organizations oppose the initiative, with the Minister of Health stating it contradicts state policy on reducing alcohol consumption. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- Russia Post's losses totaled 79.3 billion rubles from 2022 to 2025, with an additional 10.1 billion rubles in losses in the first half of 2026. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- Russia Post's debt reached 126.5 billion rubles by the end of 2025, with a 36.9% increase in net loss to 23.4 billion rubles. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The initiative is in response to a presidential directive to form a systemic state policy supporting domestic winemaking. — vesti
- Russia Post will become an alcohol marketplace. — tg_moscash
Coverage (7 sources)
- Experiment on online wine sales in the Russian Federation caused disagreements in the State Duma — Вести
- Russian Post will become an alcohol market — Новости Москвы
- Russian Post offered to sell domestic wine online — Говорит НеМосква
- In the State Duma, they propose to start an experiment on online sales of Russian wine — Вести
- «Russian Post» offered to trade alcohol after losses of 80 billion rubles — The Moscow Times
- «Russian Post» will start selling alcohol in Moscow and the Moscow region. — Первый Московский
- Russian Post will become an alcohol market — Московский кэш