The Association of Internet Commerce Companies (AKIT) asked Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to submit to the State Duma a bill to legalize the sale of alcohol via the Internet. Now in the country distance selling of alcohol is prohibited, it is only illegally handled.
The letter says that after the transfer of employees to remote work due to the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, the number of online food orders has increased, while alcohol cannot be bought legally on the Internet. As a result, people order dangerous counterfeit products without even knowing about it, said “Vedomosti” AKIT President Artem Sokolov.
A bill proposing a phased legalization of online alcohol trading was submitted to the government last year. According to the explanatory note, the turnover of illegal online alcohol trade is estimated at 2-3 billion rubles. in year. However, the Ministry of Health opposed. The department believes that online sales will make alcohol more accessible.
At the same time, the AKIT letter says that this can be avoided, since the technology allows you to check the age of the buyer, control the time of sale through the online cashier and the state EGAIS system.
On March 18, the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that a decision on the distant sale of alcohol in Russia could be made in the near future. The head of Sberbank German Gref also advocated the legalization of home delivery of alcohol against the background of the situation with coronavirus.
About the illegal sale of alcohol online – in the material “b” “Alcohol flowed from social networks.”
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