One of Russia's most successful private companies with business interests in premium vodka, spirits distribution, banking and insurance. Its Russian Standard Bank holds more than half of Russia's credit card market. World's #2 vodka producer. Russian Standard vodka was introduced in Russia in 1998, and today has 60% market share. It is exported to over 60 countries. In Australia the brand is managed by Beam Global Asia Pacific, with Coca-Cola Amatil distributing the product.