The departure of the companies is attributed to the law that came into force, which sets the framework for alcohol trading only on weekdays between 12:00 and 14:00. This is reported by the newspaper Vedomosti.
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The publication drew attention to reports about the rental of premises used by chain stores on the Avito platform. In December 2024, approximately 10 such announcements about facilities in Vologda and Cherepovets were published. The restrictive bill was authored by the Governor of the Vologda Region, Georgy Filimonov, who justified his initiative by the problems of alcohol dependence in the region and the high mortality rate.
The X5 group (Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Chizhik chains) informed the publication that the issue of closing outlets in the region is not currently being considered. The representative of Auchan Retail Russia responded in the same way.
Earlier, we wrote that the Vologda Oblast Ministry of Health is introducing a new system that will help control the distribution of discounted medicines and monitor their movement.
