As it turned out, the owner of the Russian Standard company Rustam Tariko paid $ 3 million for the domain name Vodka.com, reports
Reuters with reference to the online broker
Sedo.com , who conducted this transaction. The former domain owner chose not to disclose his name.
Earlier, Rustam Tariko’s company
acquired the name Vodka.ru from the “Art. Lebedev Studio” for $ 50,000, while information on the cost of Vodka.com remained secret until recently. Now the American representative office of Russian Standard has confirmed the value of the transaction, which has become one of the record in the history of the Internet.
Russian Standard continues to expand its presence in the US alcohol market. In 2005, the company introduced the Imperia brand in the United States.