Russian President Vladimir Putin has no position on the minimum prices for alcohol, the spokesman for the head of State Dmitry Sadkov said. His statements quotes TASS.
“Some position here is not, the same question is economic expediency,” said the representative of the Kremlin, answering the question about the position of the president on this topic.
On November 15, the country’s Ministry of Finance made a proposal to increase the minimum retail prices for vodka by 7.4 percent from January 1 of the next year. Growing cognac prices, by 7.6 percent.
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