Russia: The second largest Russian beer maker Sun Interbrew has been fined by Russia's Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) for violating the country's law on advertising in one of its beer advertisements, Russian media has recently revealed. The fine value was not disclosed. The Sun Interbrew’s advertisement advised beer consumption as being useful to improve one's physical and physiological condition, FAS said, which broke the law.

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