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Moscow authorities have banned “nalivayki” smaller than 20 square meters in residential buildings
The requirements were adjusted due to complaints from citizens.
Moscow has banned the sale of alcohol in catering establishments with a service area of less than 20 square meters. This is stated on the city hall website. The corresponding resolution was signed by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
The document refers to retail outlets in multi-apartment residential buildings. The list of premises that cannot be included in the service hall area is also specified. This is the stage, lobbies, corridors, dressing rooms, children's playrooms, utility rooms.
“First of all, the new rules concern the so-called nalivkas - retail outlets that, formally falling under the definition of a public catering establishment, sell alcohol, including at night,” the mayor’s office noted. It is emphasized that the requirements were adjusted due to complaints from Muscovites, for whom the work of such establishments often caused discomfort.
At the beginning of July, a similar document was adopted in St. Petersburg, where bars in residential buildings with an area of less than 50 square meters were banned. Governor Alexander Beglov signed the document on July 23. The law will begin on January 1, 2021.
The author of the law and local authorities came under criticism from restaurateurs who warned of a massive closure of their establishments. Beglov, after he signed the law, called it “the haste of deputies” and promised to make exceptions. At the end of July, the working group discussed the changes together with restaurateurs.
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