Governor Filimonov announced the departure of the Krasnoye & Beloye alcohol network from the Vologda region, and then recovered

The Vologda governor Georgy Filimonov published in his telegram channel a post with the heading of the Krasnoye & Beloe chain of stores leaves the Vologda region. "

“From August 1, on the basis of the statement of the owner-Alfa-M LLC, the license is ahead of schedule by the licensing body. I note right away: we do not violate the rights of entrepreneurs, but we do not need death traders in the region ”,

- said Filimonov. At the same time, he promised that the authorities would help the Vologda people who have lost their jobs “in connection with the liquidation of stores” with the search for work.

"Red & Beloy" does not confirm this information. The founder of the network, Sergei Student, in a conversation with RBC, called Filimonov’s words about the termination of the company's work in the Vologda region.

At the same time, the K&B representative confirmed that the effect of alcohol license in the region was terminated ahead of schedule from August 1.

“There is no talk of stopping the network. We will trade in products, they make up more than half of the product assortment, ”the company emphasized.

Filimonov wrote in response: “Well, let them sell bread and food. And it is advisable to change the sign (rebranding). Because they cannot trade in alcohol in the Vologda region. There are no licenses. ”

The Vologda region became the second region after Chechnya, where the regime of limited sale of alcohol was introduced: you can buy alcohol in stores only from 12:00 to 14:00, on holidays, sale is generally prohibited. Filimonov explained the initiative by the fact that "Vologda and the Russian North are dying out of alcohol.

Students claimed that in Russia the society “today, by and large, is sober”, and a large number of deaths in the Vologda region were associated with poor -quality alcohol, counterfeit and moonshine, but not by drinking “high -quality stroke alcohol” that sells its store.

Filimonov, in response, stated that the students "was in illusions."

After that, the K&B stores in the region banned the sale of alcohol, and the license was suspended due to the "violations" of the company.