BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Fake Russian alcohol 'kills many'

BBC has a rather stunningly bleak article on alcohol consumption in Russia.

It quotes the interior minister of Russia saying that 42,000 Russians are killed from poisoning by counterfeit alcohol every year

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Fake Russian alcohol 'kills many':

More than 100 people die every day, having poisoned themselves on counterfeit alcoholic drinks.

It is estimated that every third Russian man and every seventh Russian woman, is an alcoholic.

It seems like disillusion, disbelief, and discontent with the pastime would set in before the numbers got so high.

There is probably an untapped entertainment, education, or labor market in Russia if people can think of nothing better to do.

Because there are definitely better things to do.

Some actually pay money or yield dividends over time.

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