KT&G completes cigarette plant in Russia

(Korea Herald) KT&G Corp., Korea’s tobacco monopoly, has recently completed the construction of a plant in Russia to expand its presence in the world’s second-largest tobacco market. The company has invested $100 million in building the plant located on a 103,000 square-meter site near Moscow. Focusing on its flagship slim cigarettes, Esse, the plant will produce 4.6 billion cigarettes annually, KT&G said. It began operating Friday. Continued