LOL
I think Reagan had at least 3 Ruskies die while he was in office.
One time Sam Donaldson asked Reagan why he hadn’t met with the Russians and Reagan said “They keep dying on me”.
There is a genetic problem in that geographic area. Life expectancy is lower and they have per capita alcohol consumption below countries with longer LE.
Georgia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazahkstan, Ukraine are all clustered on the LE-by-country table of 108-119.
Not a wealth thing either. Mexico and Thailand both have lower per capita income but longer LEs.