The Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Russia (AVVR) called on the Russian authorities to introduce import duties on wine from NATO member states of 200%. Alexey Plotnikov, executive secretary of AVVR, stated this to RIA Novosti.
In October 2023, Fort executive director Alexander Lipilin said that inexpensive wine from Italy, Spain and France would soon disappear from Russia. The association also asked the authorities to cancel the preferential treatment for the import of various types of wine from Georgia.