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2001 was 22 years ago. And some of the worst times in post Soviet Russia (and former union states). Truly hopeless and desperate times. In reality, alcohol co
by cpursley 4y ago
2001 was 22 years ago.
And some of the worst times in post Soviet Russia (and former union states). Truly hopeless and desperate times.
In reality, alcohol consumption there is down significantly despite all the grasping around to hate on them:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/russian-alcohol-consumption-down-40-since-2003-who https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/russian-alcoho...
- paconbork 4y agoIn fairness, the original anecdote is about 2002
- slackwaredragon 4y agoI guess it doesn't take long to fall back on old habits when you're in the trenches though. A lot of translated intercepted calls posted at https://www.youtube.com/@insightsfromukraineandrussia https://www.youtube.com/@insightsfromukraineandrussia and reports from the front line talk about drunk Russians like it's an epidemic of alchoholism. They also talk about drunk Ukrainians on another one of the podcasts I follow so it's not only the Russians drinking on the front line. That being said, I have a few Russian friends that immigrated years ago to Florida and they're not big drinkers. They were all from well off families though. Kinda like here, I suspect alcoholism follows poverty.
- kaba0 4y agoI doubt Russia is doing all that well 22 years later either..
- cpursley 4y agoIt really doesn’t matter what you think or how you feel. That’s not how it works. It’s an objective fact that drinking is down and life expectancy is up there. Some people are so Rusaphobic on here that they are borderline racist. It’s gross.