The Philip Morris Krasnodar factory will begin producing the Chesterfield brand, the first hard-pack brand to be made in the factory following its modernisation

By the end of 1997, 158 million Chesterfiled cigarettes will be made, bringing the total factory production to 7 billion units; this includes the Bond Street and Soyuz Apollon brands. Philip Morris began producing Chesterfield in St. Petersburg in 1995 and intends to increase output there to 3 billion units.