Armenia replaces Spain among largest whiskey suppliers to RussiaNovember 27, 2023 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is now among the top five largest importers of whiskey to Russia, displacing Spain from the list, which dropped from third to seventh spot, RIA Novosti reports citing statistics from whiskey suppliers in the Russian Federation for January - September. Over the nine months of 2023, Moscow imported $262.5 million worth of whiskey – almost four times more than it did last year. Latvia took the first place among suppliers, from which Russia purchased $190.6 million worth of whiskey. The volume of supplies from the republic increased sixfold. In 2023, Lithuania shipped whiskey worth $28.9 million, which means the Russian Federation increased imports from the country tenfold. The top five largest suppliers also included the UK (supplies by $10.4 million with a decrease of 18%), France ($7 million) and Armenia, which increased shipments of whiskey by 2.5 times ($5.6 million). Spain has dropped from third to seventh place this year, supplying $3.7 million worth of whiskey, which is 30% lower than in the same period last year. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |