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MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Alcohol...
sanctions against retailers who break alcohol sale laws, which may lead to criminal proceedings against repeat violators. The law will also enable regional authorities to introduce restrictions on the times, conditions and locations of alcohol sales. The measures also include a ban on selling low-alcoholic drinks in containers of more than 330 ml.The Russian Public Chamber said in a report in June that around 500,000 Russians die from alcohol-related deaths annually.
The pollster VTsIOM has said that 65% of Russians would support an anti-alcohol program, with 34% totally in favor of a campaign and 31% "likely to support it."
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced prohibition in the Soviet Union in May 1985 in an attempt to put a halt to the rampant alcoholism that was already taking its toll on the nation"s economy and health system. His efforts to steer the Soviets to abstinence were ultimately unsuccessful, however, and the illicit production of
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