The first batch of the Kremlin Award brandy produced in Armenia – 15,000 0.5-liter bottles - has been delivered to Russia. However, the brandy will be on sale after presentation scheduled for December 14. Five- 15- and 20-year-old brandy will be presented, reported BiGness.ru.

Luding Ltd, the exclusive distributor in Russia, is to sell more than 120,000 bottles (less than 0.1%) next year.

The Kremlevski Trade House, Executive Office of the RF President, signed a license agreement on the production of Kremlin Award brandy with the Yerevan “Ararat” Company. The brandy will be produced in Armenia. The Kremlevski Trade House, “Ararat” Company and Luding Ltd signed a trilateral agreement.

A number of Russian businessmen showed an adverse reaction to the agreement.

On December 10, the 61-year-old Armenian businessman Ara Khachatryan’s body was found with gunshot wounds in an Infiniti in Moscow.

The murder of Director General of Luding Ltd Ara Khachatryan in Moscow was a contract murder, Russian law enforcement agencies informed NEWS.am. Criminal proceedings were instituted.

Luding Ltd, founded by Arthur Varzhapetyan and Armen Shahazizyan in 1993, is one of the top sales companies specializing in beverages, both alcohol and soft drinks.

Press Secretary of Prosperous Armenian Party (PAP) Khachik Galstyan confirmed the information at NEWS.am’s disposal that Ara Khacharyan was PAP Leader Gagik Tsarukyan’s business partner in St. Petersburg.