Russia president Dmitri Medvedev told that the government must do something about the country’s status as a world leader in alcohol consumption The Kremlin has already tried to eliminate one vice this year – casino gambling, which was banned in July. But drinking — vodka in particular — is another thing. It is a mainstay [...]
Alcoholism is a national disaster in Russia. But past efforts to control abuse of vodka in Russia occurred to be politically unpopular. At a first sight, it might not seem like a good idea to copy the methods of Mikhail Gorbachev – a leader whom Russians regard as the most disastrous failure in living memory. [...]