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According to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, annual per capita consumption of alcohol in Russia was about 15.76 litres of pure alcohol, the fourth-highest volume in Europe. [30] It dropped to 13.5 litres by 2013 [ 5 ] and 11.7 litres in 2016, [ 31 ] dropping further to about 10.5 litres in 2019.
Mexico (illegal to drink alcohol in public streets and to carry open alcohol containers in public) [29] Morocco (illegal in public; alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas, and is sold in most major supermarkets [30]) Norway (only sold in stores within a certain time period on weekdays. Illegal to ...
Following Stalin's death, the Soviet Union held three major anti-alcohol campaigns. The first was held during Nikita Khrushchev 's rule in 1958, [ 6 ] the second during Leonid Brezhnev 's tenure in 1972, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and the third (and biggest) was held during Mikhail Gorbachev 's years from 1985 to 1988.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union renewed its wide-ranging sanctions on Russia on Monday for another six months after Hungary stopped holding up the move in return for assurances about energy ...
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Average alcohol consumption per person in 2015 per World Health Organization data. At the same time, Russia remained one of the highest consumers of alcohol per capita in the world. According to the World Health Organization, Russian citizens consumed an average of 11.7 liters (3.1 U.S. gal) per person every year (as of 2016). [7]
Alcohol preferences in Europe vary from country to country between beer, wine or spirits. [6] These preferences are traditionally associated with certain regions. Hence, the Central European pattern of alcohol consumption is associated with beer-drinking, the Mediterranean pattern with wine-drinking and the Eastern or Northern European pattern ...
The European Union failed on Friday to agree a 14th package of sanctions against Russia, EU diplomats said, as Germany held out over the extent to which EU companies would be responsible for ...