According to Russian “Comersant” newspaper, the Russian federal department of consumers’ rights protection has ceased the license of the French-Armenian “Perno-Ricar” company that used to import brandy, whiskey and other alcoholic drinks to Russia. According to the same newspaper, “Perno-Ricar” is the only company that had a right to export the brandy produced by the Yerevan brandy company to Russia and it used to hold 55% of the whole trade capacity of Armenian brandy in Russia. Russia stopped importing wine products from Georgia and Moldova in March.
