Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin in March instructed the Finance Ministry to set a minimum retail price for vodka in the amount of 219 rubles per 0.5 liter.

Now the minimum retail price of 190 rubles per 0.5 liter bottle, reports "Interfax".

How to write Internet-portal "Kuban 24 ', a draft order, which proposes to raise the minimum retail price for vodka to 219 rubles per 0.5 liter, the Ministry of Finance was in January. In February, the agency has proposed to set a minimum retail price for vodka to 205 rubles.

Minimum vodka cost was reduced to 185 rubles 1 February 2015. On 13 June 2016 the minimum retail price for vodka rose to 190 rubles. In August 2016 the Russian Ministry of Finance has proposed to raise the price of vodka to 197 rubles. In September 2016 the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has prepared a report, which proposes to reduce the price of vodka to 100 rubles per 0.5 liter.