Time.news – “The fifth package of sanctions, agreed in April 2022, extended the ban on the import of goods from Russia to alcohol, including vodka. There is no exemption for gifts and / or specific quantities”.
This was stated by a spokeswoman for the European Commission in response to a question about the twenty bottles of vodka that Silvio Berlusconi claims to have received as a gift from Vladimir Putin. “Once again, we remind you that the Member States are responsible for the implementation of EU sanctions. The European Commission does not evaluate individual cases of application of sanctions”, she points out.
As for Lambrusco, the 2014 regulation (penalties for the occupation of Crimea) updated in 2022 (after the invasion), establishes “the ban on the sale, supply, transfer or export of luxury goods listed in Annex XVIII (which includes wine) to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia, to the extent that their value exceeds 300 euros per item “.