KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ The Soyuz-Victan Company, a large Ukrainian alcohol producer, is planning in 2006 to acquire another Russian distillery in addition to the one it bought in the town of Ruza in Moscow region.

"Next spring, we will raise the issue of purchasing production facilities in Russia," Andriy Okhlopkov, the chairman of the Soyuz-Victan company's supervisory board told reporters on Monday.