An article a few years ago in New Scientist said that alcohol consumption was nothing exceptional in Russia but the way it was consumed was contributing to exce

An article a few years ago in New Scientist said that alcohol consumption was nothing exceptional in Russia but the way it was consumed was contributing to excess deaths. Something to do with fall-on benders called Zapoi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapoy More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita#Comprehensive_list_with_data_from_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c... Germany #6 with 13.4 litres/year pure alcohol equivalent Russia #18 with 11.7 UK at #25 with 11.4 united states at #46 with 9.8 china at #83 with 7.2