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You suspect that only because of the heavy anti-Russian sentiment going around right now (leading to a negative bias without fact checking). Alcohol consumptio
by cpursley 3y ago
You suspect that only because of the heavy anti-Russian sentiment going around right now (leading to a negative bias without fact checking).
Alcohol consumption is down significantly there and has been on the decline. They’re not even in the top 15 countries who consume the most:
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...
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-c...
- fooker 3y agoInteresting, thanks for the links. So curbs in alcohol sales work pretty well!
- cpursley 3y agoMaybe (but you can still buy booze illegally after 11pm - or at bars). I think it's more or less greatly improved economic conditions and improving quality of life. The 1990s and early 2000s in Russia (Belarus & Ukraine as well) were seriously dire. I was surprised by how many people didn't drink in my travels there. A good movie to check out on that time period is "Brother" (Brat).