Armenia replaces Spain among largest whiskey suppliers to Russia

November 27, 2023 - 12:59 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is now among the top five largest importers of whiskey to Russia, displacing Spain from the list, which dropped from third to seventh spot, RIA Novosti reports citing statistics from whiskey suppliers in the Russian Federation for January - September.

Over the nine months of 2023, Moscow imported $262.5 million worth of whiskey – almost four times more than it did last year. Latvia took the first place among suppliers, from which Russia purchased $190.6 million worth of whiskey. The volume of supplies from the republic increased sixfold. In 2023, Lithuania shipped whiskey worth $28.9 million...