Moscow - Simferopol, May 28 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - It seems that Crimean winemakers can breathe a sigh of relief: PR Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev supported the need to introduce a special law on winemaking in Russia.
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The Russian government is committed to intensive support for viticulture. Medvedev noted that in recent years 1,5 billion rubles have been allocated as subsidies, while in 2014 300 million were provided for these purposes. The authorities will use part of the money to support winemaking in Crimea.
The preservation and development of our own winemaking directly depends on how competently the state is prepared to regulate this area. “It is to regulate, and not to try to regulate everything that is possible, because this is the worst development of the plot. We need to ensure support for unique products,” Medvedev said after visiting Kuban wineries yesterday.
As a primary measure, the Prime Minister ordered that all issues related to the production of wine products be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition, a separate law on viticulture and winemaking may appear in Russia. Whether such a document is needed or not, Medvedev directly asked the Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fedorov. “In general, as industry lobbyists...” he began, not very confidently. “No, will you tell me directly whether it is necessary or not?” – the head of the Cabinet demanded specifics. “We are only in favor,” the minister responded briefly. “Different arguments can be given, but given the fact that a number of countries have independent laws, maybe it makes sense for us to follow this path,” suggested Dmitry Medvedev.
Let us recall that earlier winemakers of Crimea turned to their Russian colleagues with a request to lobby for the adoption of a law on wine in the Russian Federation, which would take into account the peculiarities of this business. Such laws exist in neighboring wine-producing countries of the former USSR - Moldova, Georgia, and there is such a law in Ukraine.
The head of the association of small and medium-sized businesses of the Russian Federation “Business Russia” Boris Titov, who himself is the owner of wineries in the Kuban (including “Abaru-Durso” visited by Medvedev yesterday) promised to help the Crimeans in this matter. Now there is reason to believe that the law, the draft of which has been gathering dust in Russia for 20 years, will finally be adopted.