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Originally Posted by Sainters7
A couple years back at the UofA I took a "Russian History Post Cold War" class (don't know why it wasn't just considered a Poly Sci class given the time period, but nonetheless), and our prof was from the Ukraine. He was telling us vodka consumption is a huge problem in Russia right now because of how ridiculously affordable it is over there. He was telling us you can get enough vodka to fill a bath tub for only about $3-4! That's my kind of bath.
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Yes - the price is/was heavily subsidized. Keeping the people drunk keeps them from protesting in the streets...