Russia

Underlining BMI's bearish near-medium term view on Russian beer, the Federal Statistics Service (FSS) has reported that headline beer production plummeted by 9.99% year-on-year (y-o-y)... 2010-07-21

Lending further credence to the ongoing guarded recovery retail sales in Russia, supermarket retailer Sedmoi Kontinent (Seventh Continent) has posted a 1.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase... 2010-07-20

In a show of confidence to the Belarusian beer market, Carlsberg has upped its equity stake in Olivaria Brewery - the third largest beer company by market share - to 47% (from 30%).... 2010-07-13

Russia's largest pure play discount retailer Magnit continues to come back strongly having reported strong second quarter (three months to June 2010) like-for-like (l-f-l) sales growth.... 2010-07-12

Russia's largest mass grocery retailer (MGR) by annual sales X5 has reported an 18% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in Q210 (to June) sales. Although sequential momentum slipped up slightly... 2010-07-09

PepsiCo has come out with an upbeat consumer outlook for its Russian business in 2010, with double-digit sales growth anticipated following single-digit growth in 2009. Given PepsiCo's... 2010-07-01

Russia's leading vodka producer by market share (see chart) Synergy (or Sinergia) is looking to raise capital for expansion, with the aim of doubling capacity over the next three years... 2010-06-28

Danone's announcement that it will merge its Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region business with Russia's second largest dairy company by market share Unimilk may see the... 2010-06-22

Described by Russia's President Medvedev as a 'national disaster,' the insidious consumption of vodka continues to have serious implications for the population with up to 600,000 Russians... 2010-06-14

Emphasising pork's rapidly growing strategic importance, leading vertically integrated Russian meat producing and processing company Cherkizovo has completed deals for two greenfield... 2010-06-07