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Have you ever been to Russia? Walk the streets of Moscow at 7am, and you'll see businessmen on their way to work, halfway through their first bottle of vodka.
by jasonkester 17y ago
Have you ever been to Russia?
Walk the streets of Moscow at 7am, and you'll see businessmen on their way to work, halfway through their first bottle of vodka. It's hard to believe if you don't see it, but a significant fraction of the people there are drunk or drinking all the time.
So no, even though I haven't seen any hard numbers, I don't have any problem believing the grandparent's claim.
- wooster 17y agoYes, that's certainly fine anecdotal evidence, and I'm well aware of the "drunken Russian" stereotype, but I'm looking for hard numbers. For example, alcohol consumption per capita (among those 15 years and older) in Russia is less than Spain, the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Ireland, Nigeria, etc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_co...