Russia bans Abkhazia's wines and spirits

26.10.2012 (Hvino News). On October 25, the Moscow regional office of Russia's Sanitary Agency Rospotrebnadzor canceled the registration certificates for alcoholic drinks produced in Abkhazia.

The banned products include: "Abkhazian Champagne" produced by "Abkhazian Juices" in Gagra, "Achara", "Achara Special", "Abkhazian Sparkling," "Abkhazian Bouquet", "Novy Afon", "Cognac Abkhazia", "Ainar," "Ataud", "Nar", "Lykhny", "Absny" and others, according to Nasha Abkhazia. Among banned products there is also natural mineral water "Sno", bottled by "Aqua Geo Ltd" registered in Mtskheta Region, Georgia.

Rospotrebnadzor did not clarify if the ban applies only to Moscow Region or to the whole Russian Federation.

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