Combating
endemic alcoholism
BEER AND WINE BACK ON THE AIR
The St. Petersburg Times
Published:
December 25, 2014 (Issue # 1843)
The new legislation will allow ads for Russian wine
and alcohol between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Photo: Pixabay
Photo: Pixabay
Russia's lower house of
parliament on Tuesday passed a bill allowing advertisements of domestically
produced beer and wine to be shown on radio stations and television channels,
partly repealing a 2012 ban on alcohol advertisements that was meant to help
combat endemic alcoholism.
The new legislation will
take effect on Jan. 1 if the upper house of parliament and President Vladimir
Putin give it the green light. It will not completely undo the blanket ban of
2012, but will ease up on advertisers by allowing ads for Russian wine and
alcohol between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., news agency RIA Novosti reported.
The amendments do not
legalize ads for foreign-produced alcohol. Alcohol ads will still be banned
during live broadcasts and broadcasts of children's athletic competitions, the
report said.
As of Tuesday afternoon,
the legislation had not yet been published on the State Duma's official
website.
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