Baltika Breweries LLC, which Russia took control of from Carlsberg, began producing a drink for the Russian military.
The Russian Baltika Breweries LLC has launched the production of a tonic drink “For its own” (“Для СВОих”), which it will supply free of charge to the Russian military.
This is a nonprofit project, the drink was created as a morale booster for our soldiers, and it is delivered to the front lines for free,” said Taimuraz Bolloev, president of Baltika.
Baltika is owned by the Danish company Carlsberg. In 2022, following the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, Carlsberg decided to pull out of Russia and sell its business there. Cees’t Hart, chief executive officer of Carlsberg Group, said, “Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine and we call for peace to be urgently restored.”
But the Russian government issued a presidential decree transferring Baltika Breweries under the temporary management of the Russian Federal Agency for State Property Management.
Carlsberg Group did not receive any official information from Russian authorities regarding the presidential decree or its implications for Baltika.
Later, Taimuraz Bolloev, who ran the company prior to its acquisition by Carlsberg, became president of Baltika LLC.
In October 2023, the Carlsberg Group informed Baltika Breweries that they had terminated the license agreements that enabled Baltika to produce, market, and sell all Carlsberg products, including both international and regional brands.
