About this newspaper "Izvestia" with reference to the data of the Center for Research of the Federal and Regional Alcohol Market.
It is noted that the list of regions was compiled on the basis of statistics from the Russian Alcohol Regulation on legal sales of alcohol and official data on the population of Russian regions.
According to the publication, according to the results of 2019, the consumption of 12 liters of vodka per capita was recorded in the Sakhalin Region, 11.4 liters in the Magadan Region, 10.6 liters in Komi, 10 liters in Chukotka, and 9.6 liters in Karelia .
It is also indicated that in the Sakhalin and Magadan regions and in Karelia for the year, the volume of vodka drunk per capita decreased by 2%. In Komi and Chukotka, this indicator last year increased by 1% and 3%, respectively.
Earlier, psychiatrist-narcologist Alexander Kovtun in an interview with NSN recalled the harmful effects of alcohol on humans.