First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee

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Earlier, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Industry Viktor Yevtukhov stated that the Ministry of Industry and Trade supports the position of the Ministry of Finance on the sale of alcohol via the Internet. "We support Anton Siluanov's comment on this matter. He said that he does not want to discuss whether alcohol is harmful to health or not, but if it is harmful, then we need to close the sale of alcohol altogether, ban it, and if it is not so harmful that we completely ban the sale of alcohol, then we need to make this service accessible and of high quality for the population," Viktor Yevtukhov said at a meeting with the heads of large retailers.

on Control, Chairman of the australia whatsapp resource Supervisory Board of the Association of Participants in the Electronic Commerce Market (AUREC) Dmitry Gusev recalled that since June 2023, the State Duma has been considering a package of amendments to laws affecting liability for the sale of methyl alcohol-based surrogates. "We are preparing serious proposals on how to limit this, including the issue of lifting the moratorium on business inspections. There has been no discussion in the Duma yet, but it is obvious that it will be heated," Dmitry Gusev warned.

The President of the Small-Format Trade Association, Vice-President of the All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship "Opora Rossii" for Trade Vladlen Maksimov added that online alcohol trade will be a "powerful blow" to traditional retail outlets. At the same time, he called online trade "progress that cannot be stopped." "According to the logic of development, alcohol should be available online, we just need to think about how to do it smoothly and correctly," Vladlen Maksimov emphasized.

In June 2023, Senator Andrei Klishas and the Association of Internet Trade Companies (AITC) developed amendments to the laws "On state regulation of the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol" and "On the protection of information", which outline the mechanism for online alcohol trade. The document proposes the creation of a register of companies that can sell alcohol remotely via the Internet. The register should be maintained by the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market.

To purchase alcohol through any of the sites included in the register, the user will have to confirm their age using an account in the state Unified Identification and Authentication System (ESIA). When delivering bottles and transferring them to the customer, it was supposed to conduct a second identity check via a QR code, passport or driver's license. However, in July 2023, the senator withdrew the bill for revision.

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