Armenian spirits in demand as sanction curtail alcohol import to RussiaNovember 10, 2022 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There’s a growing demand for Armenian sprits in Russia as Western sanctions on the supply of alcohol to Russia are leading to a shortage of a number of popular brands by the New Year, RBC says in a fresh article. Luding Group Marketing Director Andrey Ushakov believes that wines and spirits from Armenia and Georgia, including Georgian cognacs, Georgian chacha and fruit distillates, are becoming more and more popular. In addition, Metro, a retailer is planning to import sparkling wines from a number of countries, including Armenia. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |