24 Jul 2012 12:24

Medvedev disbands govt commission for regulating alcohol market

MOSCOW. July 24 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has disbanded the government commission for regulating the alcohol market, according to a posting on the government's website.

Medvedev said in a directive, dated July 19 and published on Tuesday, that some of the commission's resolutions shall be deemed no longer valid.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich earlier announced that the commission for regulating the alcohol market would be disbanded.

"We have done this. The government commission was set up to draft regulatory documents for this sector. All of them gave been drawn up and the adoption procedures are nearly over," Dvorkovich told the press last week.