Life Expectancy in Moscow Like That in Estonia but Elsewhere It is like That in Africa, Russian Experts Say
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Ubiquitous alcoholism...11 Apr 2018 16:59
....exacerbates rates of murders, suicides and accidents.
Russia continues with the Soviet practice of hiding social problems from public sight.
Alcoholism can't be hidden, where public drunkeness is common.
By constrast, drug abuse can, until an AIDS crisis takes its toll. Russia is almost there. Already, Russia is having difficulty getting enough conscripts for its military.
That will curb its imperial instincts and prospects for economic growth.
Alcoholism, AIDS and low oil prices, dampens Russia's threat to its neighbours.
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