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New York Times: Russia tries, once again, to rein in vodka habit

Nov 7, 2009 at 16:59

Clifford J. Levy writes: It was late on a Monday afternoon at the drunk tank in this Moscow suburb, but it could have been any day, at any hour, at any similar facility across this land. People would come. They always do. Such is Russia's ruinous penchant for the bottle — and the challenge facing a new government policy to curb it. Read the story here.

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New York Times: Russia tries, once again, to rein in vodka habit