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By Jessica DiNapoli and Alexander Marrow

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Coca Cola HBC AG has started making a local cola, Dobry Cola, in Russia after stopping production and sales of Coca-Cola Co products following the mass exodus of Western co*panies earlier this year.

Dobry has been a juice brand in Russia but Coca-Cola HBC ht**://www.reuters.c**/business/retail-consumer/coca-cola-bottler-detail-costs-exiting-russia-2022-08-10/, which separate from Coca-Cola Co ht**://www.reuters.c**/business/retail-consumer/coca-cola-hbc-flags-one-time-195-mln-hit-russian-operations-2022-08-11/, said earlier this month it was exploring extending existing local brands through its Multon Partners business.

Dobry Cola has no connection with Coca-Cola or the Coca-Cola Co, Coca-Cola HBC said in a statement.

The Coca-Cola Co has a 23% stake in Coca-Cola HBC.

The Interfax news agency on Friday quoted the founder of Russian fast-food chain Teremok, which serves traditional cuisine such as borscht and blinis, as saying he had received notification from the co*pany about ‘Dobry Cola,’ and was trying to sell it in his restaurants.

Local co*petitors to Coca-Cola have flooded the market since the co*pany left Russia after it sent thousands of troops into Ukraine, while Western brands face years of court battles fighting against knock-offs.      

Coca Cola HBC had been depleting its stock of Coca-Cola products since placing its last order for concentrate in March.

(Reporting by Jessica DiNapoli in New York and Alex Marrow in Moscow; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Nick Zieminski)