The Communist faction will submit to the Duma a bill, which proposed to introduce a special excise tax on sugary soft drinks, in particular to Coca-Cola, on Thursday reported by the "Izvestia" newspaper with a reference to the chief lawyer of the Communist party faction Vadim Soloviev.

"The amendments planned to be introduced in chief 22 "Excise taxes" of the Tax code. Has long been recognized that the sweet soda, Coca-Cola, in particular, serves as the main, if not the main, reason for obesity and related diseases - cancer, heart attack and other. The excise tax will make drinks with sugar more expensive, and therefore less desirable for consumers. It is world practice, and we should not stay aside," - says Soloviev.

As reported Soloviev, on the decision to put the Coca-Cola additional tax was influenced by the recent statement of the company to withdraw their ads from the number of Russian TV channels in connection with the sanctions against Russia.

"In General it would be nice to enter a boycott of this drink, because this is obviously unfriendly step towards Russia," said Soloviev.

As the lawyer underlined the Communist party, the excise tax will be possible to make the target and guide to diabetes and other diseases, as well as on the development of Russian sports. Soloviev added that the potential impact of the Russian tax until calculated. The Finance Ministry also said it was difficult to estimate the possible effect of the excise tax.

As an example, legislators propose to take the experience of Denmark, where the excise tax is levied depending on the concentration of sugar - from $ 0.10 to 0.28 USD per liter. And in 2011, the tax on sugary drinks introduced France: is there a tax on Coca-Cola and other soft drinks is $ 0.1 per liter and brings in the budget of the order of 120 million euros.