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beds and the relatively low population density.
The period of acute financial stress in Russia has passed, according to Oxford Economics. If from March 9 to April 30 the Russian economy was in a state of crisis, now the financial conditions in the country are even better than they were immediately before the pandemic.
2.5 WHO says Russian alcohol consumption plunges 40%
The decrease has been linked to a raft of alcohol control measures introduced by President Vladimir Putin and the promotion of healthier lifestyles. An increase in life expectancy has been attributed to the trend.
Alcohol consumption in Russia has dropped by 43% since 2003, according to a report published on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
"The Russian Federation has long been considered one of the heaviest- drinking countries in the world," the report said, adding that alcohol was a major contributor to a spike in deaths in the 1990s.
"However, in recent years these trends have been reversed."
The WHO report suggests that Russia's reduction in alcohol-related disease provides a strong argument for an effective alcohol policy as a requirement for long and healthy lives.
Russia's sports-loving president, Vladimir Putin, has introduced a number of measures encouraging Russians to live healthier lifestyles.
These positive choices have resulted in a higher life expectancy, which increased in 2018 to 68 years for men and 78 years for women. In the early 1990s, male life expectancy was just 57 years.
How did Russia buck the trend?
Raising alcohol excise taxes
Introducing minimum unit pricing on vodka in 2003 and gradually increasing it
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