For several years in a row in Zhitomir during the New Year holidays there is a Christmas Fair. In addition to food and souvenirs, after lengthy discussions, the city council executive committee authorized the sale of low-alcohol beverages at the fair.

However, as it turned out, some entrepreneurs do not have the rules written - low-alcohol drinks are sold on a par with, so to speak, a stronger alternative.

This was on the air on its Facebook page, said member of the executive committee Vera Grinishina. So, she decided to conduct her own verification of compliance with the decision of the city authorities and with the help of secret buyers bought at the fair a prohibited excisable production - cognac.

"Since the opening of the fair, I have been repeatedly contacted by citizens about the fact that in addition to low-alcohol products, lighter beverages are sold in houses. Therefore, I decided to conduct my own verification with the help of secret buyers. The plan was pretty simple: two girls, I'll immediately note - minors (16 years old), went to one of the Christmas cottages and asked the saleswoman to sell them vodka or cognac. There was no vodka, but brandy for bottling - please. The seller sold teenagers an incomprehensible substance in a plastic bottle for 120 UAH. Of course the reaction on my part was predictable - I called the patrol police to document violations. It is worth noting that the seller answered all questions only that she has children and they need to be fed, that's why she sells "from under the counter" this is an incomprehensible substance, "says Vera Grinishina.

According to Vera Grinishina, after clarifying the circumstances, the patrolmen summoned the entrepreneur who rents the house. He, in turn, immediately disowned the sale of "cognac" and refused to check how many more liters of this drink he has.

"After the arrival of the patrol, together with the secret buyers, the head of the project" Christmas Fair "Alexander Revnivtsev and Andrei Polishchuk, went to the Korolevsky District Department for testimony. The saleswoman also described everything as it was, but she refused to sign the protocol. The tenant, as far as I understood, was not even questioned, "Vera Grinishina said..

Source: Zhytomyr Journal.