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Say no to vodka, president tells Russians
Reuters ^
| Jun 30, 2009
| staff reporter
Posted on 06/30/2009 3:44:05 PM PDT by Daffynition
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev has told Russians they must kick the alcohol habit.
"We drink more now than in the 1990s, although those were difficult times," the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Medvedev as saying on Tuesday.
Health Minister Tatyana Golikova has been ordered to devise an anti-alcohol strategy. "We need to prepare a corresponding programme and take appropriate measures," Medvedev said.
A report by The Lancet medical journal last week said alcohol-related diseases caused around half of all deaths of Russians between the ages of 15 and 54.
Vodka is enshrined in Russian culture despite efforts by previous leaders to break the macho drinking culture.
A 1986 anti-alcohol campaign by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev led to a boom in illegal production of low-quality alcohol, and Russians learned to drink perfumes and other household liquids made from alcohol.
But Russia's falling population is worrying its leaders.
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High tea in Moscow
To: Daffynition
Governor of Wisconsin says to avoid beer.
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posted on
06/30/2009 3:48:07 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Daffynition
"Ruskia Standart" Best Russian vodka I have ever tasted.
Helpful safety tip: Stay away from Ukrainian vodka, unless you want to learn about regrets, and things that might have been, and decisions you made that went terribly awry.
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posted on
06/30/2009 3:48:28 PM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Jimmy Valentine
Since the state took over vodka in '05, I understand the black market stuff is near-fatal.
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posted on
06/30/2009 3:53:04 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: Jimmy Valentine
Nyet, brat: Amerikanskaya vodka ochen lushchaya!
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posted on
06/30/2009 4:02:07 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
To: Daffynition
He's not the first to try...
HET = Nyet in Russian (Cyrillic alphabet.)
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posted on
06/30/2009 4:06:36 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/30/2009 4:38:20 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Daffynition
Russians give up vodka?!
Niechevo! It'll never, ever happen.
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posted on
06/30/2009 4:47:59 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
(Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
To: Daffynition
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"Remember when the Russians bombed Pearl Harbor?"
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posted on
06/30/2009 5:24:25 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(I am 81 days away from outliving Judy Garland)
To: Daffynition
"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."
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posted on
06/30/2009 5:25:42 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(I am 81 days away from outliving Judy Garland)
To: Daffynition
> Russians learned to drink perfumes and other household liquids made from alcohol. <
Now I know why we won the Cold War..
To: Bon mots
Great photo you posted!
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:17:44 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: hoagy62; SamAdams76
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:27:09 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:27:49 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: max americana
LOL ...
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:28:39 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:34:19 PM PDT
by
T Minus Four
(Matthew 15:8 - 9)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:34:27 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Jimmy Valentine
Helpful safety tip: Stay away from Ukrainian vodka, unless you want to learn about regrets, and things that might have been, and decisions you made that went terribly awry. Now you tell me.
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:36:05 PM PDT
by
JoanVarga
(Contain your freakness, folks)
To: T Minus Four
The United Colors of Vodka
A new fashion spreads across some Russian vodka consumers - why drink dull colorless vodka if you can drink colorful liquid made of some “Skittles” sweets and the fire-water.
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:42:00 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:42:51 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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