[Telepathic Intruder]

...one-in-five men in the Russian Federation die due to alcohol-related causes
...20 million Russians are alcoholics in a nation of just 144 million.

One-in-five: that's 20%. 20 million in 144 million: that's almost 14%. So even if all alcoholcs die from alcohol-related causes, there's still over 6% who do anyway.

[elcid1970]

If Russians stop drinking or switch to drinking in normal amounts at normal hours or occasions, and then the world is quickly a more dangerous place.

A sober Russian surrounded by sober Russians can produce anything including the most dangerous engines of war. Their language is rich, their literature is richer still, their philosophies are richer yet, their Orthodox Christian faith is richer beyond imagining.

“The best in Russia is very good, and sometimes it is the best in the world.” - Thomas T. Hammond, 1958

Give a Russian a quarter acre garden and he will survive. Give a Russian heavy industry and we already know the result. Ignore the Russian at your peril.