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Alcohol sales have also been growing in Russia since the beginning of this year (roughly +8.5% compared to 2021). The reasons for that should be obvious. They

Alcohol sales have also been growing in Russia since the beginning of this year (roughly +8.5% compared to 2021). The reasons for that should be obvious. They had only been going down before that for the past 20 years. It wasn't so bad as cultural stereotypes would have you believe: I've had lots of friends there (most of whom have moved to other countries by now), and many of them didn't drink at all, the rest doing that in moderation, like what you'd expect to see in countries with a developed wine culture. Blue collar folk is another story altogether. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5560109 https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5560109

EB-Barrington 4y ago
Across the border: Ukraine completely stopped alcohol sales for the first couple of months (approx) of the war. Bars* and restaurants were closed, markets would not sell alcohol to anyone. * there was a single bar open in Kyiv - where the foreign journalists hung out.
- watwut 4y ago
  Yeah, the first week's they were giving arms to everyone, I guess in desperation and anticipation of partizan war. Then they found out that alcohol, guns and high stress situation are pretty bad deadly mix. Removing alcohol was easiest (as removing stress would require Russia to stop trying to destroy them).
paganel 4y ago
> Blue collar folk is another story altogether. Around these parts of the world blue collar (and former blue collar) work has got the very end of the stick for the last 20-30 years now, I can't blame them.