Clarification is given as to the subject of the illegal production and (or) turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products and the rules for establishing its amount.
illegal business activities, ethyl alcohol, alcoholic beverages, alcohol-containing products
1. The Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses of December 30, 2001 No. 195-FZ (as amended on December 25, 2023) // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
2. The Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation No. 174-FZ of December 18, 2001 (as amended on December 25, 2023) // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
3. Federal Law No. 171-FZ of November 22, 1995 (as amended on February 14, 2024) «On state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products and on restriction of consumption (drinking) of alcoholic products» // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
4. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated June 30, 2004 No. 329 (ed. from November 9, 2023) «On the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation» // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
5. Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation dated October 7, 2020 No. 235n (ed. from November 11, 2022) «On setting prices not exceeding below which purchases (excluding imports), deliveries (excluding exports) and retail sales of alcoholic beverages with a strength of over 28 percent are carried out» // SPS ConsultantPlus.
6. Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 180n dated November 25, 2022 «On setting prices not lower than which purchases (excluding imports), supplies (excluding exports) and retail sale of sparkling wine are carried out and on Invalidation of Order No. 232n of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation dated October 7, 2020» // SPS ConsultantPlus.
7. Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation dated April 20, 2018 No. 03-14-11/26736 «On the conduct by Rosalkogolregulirovanie of studies and examinations of seized counterfeit alcoholic and alcohol-containing products and on the calculation of its cost» // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
8. Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 225n dated December 11, 2019 «On setting prices not lower than which purchases (excluding imports), supplies (excluding exports) and retail sale of alcoholic beverages with a strength of over 28 percent» (morning force) // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
9. GOST 32035-2013. The interstate standard. Vodkas and vodkas are special. Rules of acceptance and methods of analysis (put into effect by order of Rosstandart dated June 27, 2013 No. 260-st) (ed. dated February 26, 2019) // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
10. GOST 31730-2012. The interstate standard. Wine-making products. Rules of acceptance and methods of sampling (put into effect by order of Rosstandart dated November 29, 2012 No. 1634-st) (ed. dated September 10, 2014) // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
11. Cassation ruling of the Seventh Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction dated September 30, 2021 No. 77-4161/2021 // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
12. Cassation ruling of the Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction dated January 20, 2022 No. 77-58/2022 // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
13. Generalization of the practice of making decisions by the courts of the Samara region on the return of criminal cases to the prosecutor in accordance with Article 237 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation for 2022 // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
14. Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation dated February 28, 2023 No. 454-O «On refusal to accept for consideration the complaint of citizen Vitaly Vasilyevich Tereshonka for violation of his constitutional rights by Article 171.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation» // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
15. Resolution of the Kirov City Court of the Leningrad Region dated September 19, 2019 in case No. 1-225/2019 // URL://sudact.ru/regular/doc/JuM6GO6aaVmW/
16. The verdict of the Buturlinovsky District Court of the Voronezh Region dated June 23, 2022 in case No. 1-5/2022 // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
17. The verdict of the Armenian City Court of the Republic of Crimea dated January 25, 2021 in case No. 1-39/2020 // LRS «ConsultantPlus».
18. The verdict of the Karasuksky District Court of the Novosibirsk region dated August 16, 2019 in case No. 1-26/2019 // URL://sudact.ru/regular/doc/vu1xoD8ffdmv/
19. The verdict of the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk dated May 18, 2021 in case No. 1-56/2021 // LRS «ConsultantPlus».



