Overview of the 2007-2009 Russian Market of Glass Jars 2009 was a difficult year for the Russian market of glass containers. During the previous years, production capacities had failed to meet the needs of glass jar consumers, which led to a deficit in this market segment, while no such deficit was present in the glass bottle segment. In 2009, the latter had to reduce its volume of output by 18.3% under the impact of the economic crisis.