Some people in Russia are said to be smoking tobacco grown in their own gardens. Growing tobacco is relatively easy, but growing tobacco and processing it into a smokable product is more difficult.Read More
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Russia seems likely to miss the harm-reduction train by bringing in a bill that will regulate vaping in the same way that smoking is regulated.Read More
A US42 million investment in Russia is aimed at increasing Philip Morris International’s capacity for manufacturing tobacco sticks for heated-tobacco products.Read More
Russia is considering monitoring cigarette manufacturing supplies in an attempt to disrupt an illegal trade that has reached an estimated 35-40 percent.Read More
A Russian health ministry proposal to ban the sale of tobacco products to people born after 2015 has met with opposition from tobacco producers.Read More
Proposals to ban cigarette sales to those born after particular years are put forward and then fade out. But this happened, too, in the case of standardized packaging – until one country took action.Read More
Iggesund Paperboard—Europe’s third-largest manufacturer of high-quality virgin fiber paperboard—is expanding its services for Eastern Europe by establishing a new freight terminal in Riga, Latvia, as well as a sales office in Moscow, Read More
The Crimean government has announced that a visiting delegation of Chinese businessmen intend to invest in tobacco cultivation within the territory, which was annexed by Russia in March 2014. Chinese equipment and technology would be supplied Read More
Photo: scaliger Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International are acquiring equity stakes of 20 percent each in Megapolis Distribution, the holding company of CJSC TK Megapolis, a major distributor in Russia. The companies are paying $750 Read More
Tobacco factories feature prominently on a list of leading Russian exporters recently published by Expert Severo-Zapad. According to the business magazine, British American Tobacco in St. Petersburg leads the pack with export revenues of $91.9 million Read More
