In 2012 30% of the Russian population died from alcohol. That is an absolutely insane amount of people, around 12 million. The USA is only 3.2%
https://qz.com/403307/russia-is-quite-literally-drinking-itself-to-death/
Damned Koreans ruining the all white top 5...
Seriously though, that is terrible.
No God, no hope, bottoms up?...
“In 2012 30% of the Russian population died from alcohol. That is an absolutely insane amount of people, around 12 million.”
Reading comprehension: Fail
Marh: Fail
They had nearly a century of totalitarianism—we’re only about 2 years in.
Perhaps this figure which amounts to around 12 million people was a case of bad writing. Maybe the writer was trying to say that in 2012 30% of the people who died in Russia that year died from alcohol. The figure resulting from that calculation would be much easier to believe.