Table 1.

Overview of main indicators of the implementation of the three ‘best buys’ policy areas (pricing, availability and marketing) across the 15 FSU countries

Country	Monopolya	Minimum legal drinking age	Sale restrictions at petrol stations	Restrictions on sale hours		Minimum price	Inflation-adjusted taxd	Ban on special price offers promotion	Ban on promotion at point of sale	Ban on Internet and social media advertising	Ban on sponsorship of sports and youth eventsc
				Off-premises	On-premisesb
Armenia	No	18	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Azerbaijan	No	18	No	No	No	No	No	No	N	N	Partially
Belarus	Partially	18	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Estonia	No	18	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Georgia	No	18	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kazakhstan	No	21	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	No	18	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Partially
Latvia	No	18	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lithuania	No	20	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Moldova	Partially	18	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Russia	No	18	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Partially	No	Yes	Partially
Tajikistan	No	18	No	No	No	No	Partially	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turkmenistan	Partially	18	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ukraine	No	18	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Uzbekistand	No	20	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partially	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

^aAlcohol monopolies: Belarus and Moldova have state monopolies on production, distribution and import of alcoholic beverages, but not on retail. Turkmenistan has a state monopoly on alcohol production only. Uzbekistan had a state monopoly on the production of spirits and wine until February 2019, Ukraine had a state monopoly on the production of ethyl alcohol until January 2020. Both countries have introduced licensing regulations since then.

^bUzbekistan announced restrictions on alcohol sales in places of public catering after 9 pm in 2018.

^cTajikistan does not adjust alcohol tax for spirits and Uzbekistan does not adjust for wine.

^dBelarus does not have a ban on sponsorship for youth and sports events for beer. Russia has a ban on sponsorship of sports events, but not on youth events.