[3] The Soyuzplodoimport bottle label features the words "Stolichnaya Vodka" in gold cursive script over a drawing of a Moscow landmark, the recently rebuilt Hotel Moskva.

[5] As of 2007 fermentation of Stolichnaya starts with Russian winter wheat and rye grains and pure glacier water and takes about 60 hours.

[6][needs update] SPI, the company controlled by Yuri Shefler, produces Stolichnaya in Latvia at Latvijas Balzams, using Latvian water but alcohol from a distillery in Tambov, Russia.

[13] Directly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Stolichnaya vodka continued to be produced for export in several of the post-Soviet states, including Ukraine.

[17] Since 2003, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Stolichnaya trademark has been the subject of dispute between distributors, predominantly the SPI Group and Russian state-owned Sojuzplodoimport.

[21] In 2014, the Oberlandesgericht (OGL, "higher regional court") of Linz decided that FKP could not base its request on the nullity of the privatization/transformation, as that possibility had a term of limitation of 10 years according to the applicable law in Russia (if the term of limitation defense had been actively relied upon), and thus FKP could not claim that SPI had not obtained the trademarks from the owner.

[26] The Benelux trademarks were seized in March 2024 to enforce a $50 billion arbitration claim by former shareholders of the oil company Yukos against the Russian Federation.

[27] SPI Group holds the rights to several Stolichnaya trademarks in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Norway and Iceland.

The change in control of the trademarks and production facilities led to several lawsuits over which company could market vodka under the Stolichnaya name in the United States.

On November 20, 1992, a US federal judge ruled that PepsiCo could maintain the exclusive right to the name in the United States, because allowing others to market under the name would bring a "risk of irreparable harm" to the trademark.

[19] In 2009 William Grant & Sons signed an agreement with SPI Group to distribute Stolichnaya in the United States, taking over from PepsiCo.

The William Grant & Sons distribution contract expired on December 31, 2013, and was not renewed, due to the desire of the SPI Group to manage its brand directly.

[33] On December 2, 2024, Stoli Group USA announced that they had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection citing slowing demand for spirits, a cyberattack, and conflicts with Russia in court.

Stolichnaya's global distributor Pernod Ricard responded by insisting that it is an authentic Russian vodka, because nothing is added or removed during the bottling.

The product placement began with actor Dominic Monaghan shoplifting a bottle of the vodka, after which he and actress Megan Fox drank from it on the roof of the liquor store.

[38] Roger Sterling, a main character in the American television series Mad Men, is also a fan of Stolichnaya, keeping a bottle in his office at all times.

[40] In July 2013 columnist Dan Savage joined gay bars and clubs and called for a boycott of Stolichnaya and other Russian vodkas.