After nationalization: Carlsberg manager arrested in Russia

20-Nov-2023 - Several months after the controversial nationalization of Carlsberg's brewery business in Russia, two top managers have been arrested there. Dennis Sherstennikov and Anton Rogachevsky, the ex-president and current vice-president of the famous Baltika breweries, which belonged to the Danish ...

Putin complains of obstruction of Russian fertilizer and food exports

04-Jul-2022 - The Kremlin has once again blamed Western countries for rising global food prices, pointing to problems with fertilizer and food exports. Formally, the West has not imposed trade restrictions on Russian fertilizer and food, "but the owners of companies producing fertilizer and even their family ...

McDonald's to sell its Russian business, try to keep workers

18-May-2022 - More than three decades after it became the first American fast food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union, McDonald's said Monday that it has started the process of selling its business in Russia, another symbol of the country's increasing isolation over its war in Ukraine.The company, which ...

Carlsberg Group to leave Russia

29-Mar-2022 - The war in Ukraine, and the escalating humanitarian and refugee crisis, shocks us all. We continue to strongly condemn the Russian invasion, which has led to so much loss of life, devastation and human tragedy. On 9 March, we announced a strategic review of the Carlsberg Group’s presence in ...

Scientists created edible food films for food packaging

Films consist of natural ingredients, they are healthy-safe and water-solubility

24-Mar-2021 - An international group of scientists from India and Russia has created edible food films for packaging fruits, vegetables, poultry, meat, and seafood. Films consist of natural ingredients, they are safe for health and the environment. In addition, films are water-soluble and dissolve by almost ...

Glimmer of hope for Russian beverage industry

Beviale Moscow 2021 set to take place from 16-18 March

01-Mar-2021 - Beviale Moscow will take place in the Main Stage Event Hall in Moscow from 16 to 18 March 2021. This makes Russia’s first trade fair for the entire beverage production chain one of the few events that allows the sector to come together in person in the spring of 2021. The organisers are ...

Russian wine - Vodka nation strives for world market with vine juices

05-Aug-2020 - Russia, the vodka superpower, is entering the international wine market with ambitious plans. Red and white drops from the warm south of the giant empire from the regions of the Volga and the Black Sea are to conquer a place on the world wine map. Winegrowers - with the help of experts from Italy ...

Cancellation of Beviale Moscow 2020

A new date for Beviale Moscow 2021 is to be scheduled soon

01-Jul-2020 - In view of the current development in Russia regarding the situation with coronavirus (COVID-19), Beviale Moscow 2020 must finally be cancelled. The event has initially been postponed to Wednesday September 2nd to Friday September 4th 2020. The Moscow Government has decided to transform the ...

Fluorescence spectroscopy helps to evaluate meat quality

20-Dec-2019 - Scientists of Sechenov University jointly with their colleagues from Australia proposed a new, quicker and cheaper way to assess meat quality. It is based on exposing a small sample to UV light and measuring the spectrum of emission. The method proved to be precise in the classification of meat ...

Russian police find 70,000-dollar stash of black-market caviar, fish

08-Oct-2018 - Police in far-eastern Russia uncovered a stash of black-market caviar and fish worth more than 4.5 million roubles (70,000 dollars), the news agency Interfax reported on Wednesday. A search of a house in the rural Khabarovsk region revealed a refrigerated container with more than a ton of red ...