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MOSCOW, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s top health official urged the government Tuesday to introduce a state monopoly on alcohol amid the rising death toll from bootleg vodka in the country. Russia has recently been swept by large-scale outbreaks of alcohol poisoning in several regions as bootleg vodka and poisonous substitutes have been sold at low prices in the country. Hundreds of Russians have died and several thousand others have been hospitalized in Russia with toxic hepatitis caused by substandard vodka in recent weeks. Gennady Onishchenko said alcohol consumption has increased considerably in the country in the last 10 years. "In the 1990s, per capita consumption of alcohol stood at 7.6 liters. In 2005, the figure was already 9.7 liters," Onishchenko said. Onishchenko said his department and the Interior Ministry were taking active measures to expose bootleg vodka and alcohol substitutes. Some critics have blamed a new alcohol regulation policy, introduced in July, for causing widespread confusion and an attendant shortage of alcohol, leading many to resort to substandard bootleg liquor.


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hit the Mercedes head-on. The family says the oil executive"s car pulled out into oncoming traffic to get past one of Moscow"s notorious traffic jams, and they will take their case to court.

Police at first said there were no video recordings. The newly found recording shows a car resembling Barkov"s Mercedes making a move toward the median lane that divides the traffic. The moment of the crash cannot be seen as the impact zone is hidden behind an ad poster.

However, Igor Turnov, a lawyer representing Sidelnikova"s son, Sergei, claimed that there were at least 15 cameras which were not mentioned by police near the site of the accident.

He said that Lagoyko"s unwillingness to make the details of the case open to the public is a "violation of the law."

The case has struck a chord with the Russian public, who spend hours sitting in traffic jams while the rich and powerful speed past.

Last Wednesday, a famous Russian theater actor, Yuri Stepanov,

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