New World Gardens and New World Centre City continue to sell imported Russian beer, while Countdown has removed Baltika from its shelves.
Earlier this month, the Government announced a 35% tariff on all imports from Russia.
Last year, New Zealand imported beer worth about $384,000 from Russia.
New World Gardens has Baltika, Hamovniki and 3 Hills Beer, all Russian imports, available for purchase.
New World Centre City continues to sell Baltika, 3 Hills Beer and Siberian Crown.
Ukrainian expatriate and invasion protest organiser Olha Viazenko said New Zealand businesses selling Russian products were supporting the war.
"Each Russian product sold is a bullet to the heart of Ukraine."
Members of the local Ukrainian community had tried to approach supermarkets and liquor stores to ask them to stop stocking Russian products, but had mostly been turned away.
The issue was particularly bad for vodka, as many off-licences stocked a wide range of it from Russia.
Businesses needed to boycott these products until the end of the war, she said.
Foodstuffs NZ head of co-operative public relations Emma Wooster said Foodstuffs South Island did not stock any Russian products in its core range of beers.
However, as stores were individually owned and operated, local owners could make decisions regarding which products they offered.
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Better go stock up on Baltica then I guess 🙄
Maybe get Ukraine to destroy the 30 odd USA funded illegal bio labs and I'll reconsider my approach to a bottle of beer. Just saying
It's a matter of principal. Know what that means? Could you just say what you mean about '30 odd USA funded illegal bio labs' and give a reference? Just saying.
"Each Russian product sold is a bullet to the heart of Ukraine." - Oh, please. 144 million Russians, and each of them will shoot an Ukrainian, every time I drink an imported beer. Is that about right?
It rather depends, in a time of war, which side you're on. We eschewed Chilean and South African, back in the day.