A court in Ufa suspended the operation of a store that sold alcohol without a license

In Ufa, a court suspended for a month the operation of a convenience store that sold alcohol without a license.

The audit revealed the sale of alcoholic beverages without documents certifying the legality of their production, including after 23:00.

103 items of alcoholic beverages that had been on the company’s balance sheet since the time of the license, and 350 bottles of vodka purchased in other stores were seized from the store.

MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. A court in Ufa suspended for a month the operation of a 24-hour store that did not have a license to sell alcohol, but sold alcohol even at night, according to materials reviewed by RIA Novosti.

The license for the retail sale of alcohol from Plutos LLC, which owns the outlet, was canceled in November 2025, the documents indicate.

Meanwhile, an inspection carried out in December by the Bashkir Ministry of Trade and Services and police officers revealed that the store continues to sell alcoholic beverages without a license and without documents certifying the legality of their production, including after 23.00, when this is prohibited by law.

The inspection materials contain explanations from both the persons participating in it, the witnesses, and one of the saleswomen. Thus, a store employee reported that “she was aware of the fact that alcoholic beverages were sold after 11 p.m.” In addition, she was aware of the lack of a license, the materials say.

All alcoholic beverages were confiscated from the store. According to information in the Unified State Automated Information System, 103 items of various alcoholic beverages have been on the balance sheet of Plutos since the company had a license, and another 350 bottles of vodka were purchased in other retail stores.

As the court, to which the Ministry of Trade of Bashkortostan appealed, pointed out, “alcoholic products sold at retail in a store cannot be used in the future for business purposes... since the further movement of alcoholic products according to accompanying documents cannot be recorded... in the Unified State Automated Information System.”