Die from alcoholism or die at the front. The Kremlin does not seem to see any other options for its citizens. This year, the consumption of strong alcohol has increased in the Russian Federation. According to the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, 549 million liters of strong alcohol were sold in the country in the first half of the year - 42 million liters more than in the same period last year. Tens of thousands of Russians die every year due to the use of surrogates. How Russia is drinking too much - our correspondents will tell. =-=-=-=-=-=-=
NN SEZ: Gold star mothers are unhappy with Puttinsky's glibness. A commenter says it all -- "The zenith of empathy!!! ‘Don’t worry Mama, everybody gotta die sometime’. What noble words of comfort!! ‘At least he died for me before he drank himself to death.’ Russia is doomed."
Russia tops a country chart here at what looks like 19% of the population:
www.abbeycarefoundation.c...sm-by-country- statistics/
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