Manufacturer Absolut decided to resume deliveries to Russia

Swedish vodka producer Absolut and its parent company Pernod Ricard have resumed deliveries of their products to Russia. About it informed Absolut representative Paula Ericsson Swedish newspaper Kristianstadsbladet.

Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, Pernod Ricard has acted “with the interests of its employees both in Ukraine and Russia in mind,” the spokesperson said. Ericsson noted that within the framework of anti-Russian sanctions, the concern supplies goods in “a volume capable of protecting local employees and ensuring economic sustainability for local organizations.”

The sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States after the start of the special operation also affected alcoholic products. Against this background, Pernod Ricard (Absolut, Jameson, Ararat), Bacardi (Dewar’s, Martini), Diageo (Bell’s, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Baileys) and others announced the suspension or departure.

In the summer of 2022, the Association of Retail Companies (AKORT) applied to the government with a request to include a number of alcohol brands in the list of permitted parallel imports, since November it has been allowed.

In December, the first deliveries of foreign alcohol began through parallel channels, so distributors began to import Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Jagermeister and other alcohol brands.