[5] Registration restrictions were avoided, since the word «putinka» is not an exact copy of the surname, in addition, it means the Russian fishing term «Putin».
In 2011, the company behind Putinka registered a trademark for a liquor named "Commendatore Muammer" in honor of Muammar Gaddafi.
[4] Amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the producer applied for registering the letters “Z" and “V”, both of which correspond to military symbols used in the war, in a request to Rospatent.
The owners of Real Invest are Cyprus offshore Ermira Consultants Limited (66.7%) and Stick LLC (33.3%).
Vladislav Kopylov, the owner of the first company, is also a co-founder of the non-profit partnership «Support for Children's Sports» together with Sergey Roldugin,[10] a musician and close friend of President Vladimir Putin.
At Ermira Consultants Limited, RBC found several evidences that the offshore company, together with the Kristall plant, is connected with the structures of the Rotenberg brothers (Arkady, Boris and Igor[8]).
[15] In 2004 the advisory Council of the Superbrand company, chaired by Alexander Shokhin, awarded «Putinka» the title of «Super-brand».