
MOSCOW, July 8, Vasily Bogdanov. Merited figure skating coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova stated that she is categorically against the sale of beer at stadiums. The sale of beer at stadiums in Russia has been banned since 2005. In December 2021, the State Duma approved in the first reading a bill to lift the ban. In May, in Moscow, as an experiment, until December 31, 2022, the ban on the retail sale of alcoholic products with an ethyl alcohol content of not more than 16.5% at sports facilities was lifted. «We cannot sell beer at stadiums. After it, there will definitely be vodka, and then the fight. Why do people go to the stadium to drink and eat? Or do they still come to enjoy a sporting event, whether it's football, hockey or athletics? This is not a cafe, but a stadium. Selling beer will help clubs earn? And they so mired in money,» Tarasova said.

