“Alcohol consumption in Russia from 2008 to 2021 decreased by almost 43%,” RIA Novosti quotes Murashko.

According to him, in 2021, the alcohol consumption rate was 9 liters per capita per year.

He added that the rates of morbidity and mortality associated with alcohol consumption have decreased.

Earlier, a group of deputies and senators, headed by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, prepared a bill that presents a number of measures aimed at indicating information about the dangers of alcohol and contraindications for certain categories of citizens of alcoholic products.