The Billa retail network had officially started operating in Russia, since September of 2004, when Zeleny Avenue’s first supermarket was opened. Today, there are 69 open stores in Moscow, 6 – in Moscow Region, 4 – in Tula, 6 – in Kursk, 2 – in Dzerzhinsk, 1 – in Nizhny Novgorod, 3 – in Voronezh.