Health: Party Poopers
Health: Party Poopers
Author(s): Galina StolyarovaSubject(s): Politics
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Russia; ban on beer and wine festivals; law; Duma; alcohol consumption; Anton Belyakov; Oktoberfest; President Dmitry Medvedev; government; Health Minister Tatiana Golikova; Beaujolais Nouveau wine festival; events; atmosphere; poverty; unemployment;
Summary/Abstract: An anti-beer festival campaign is a substitute for real action to curb Russia’s enormous drinking problem.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 12/01
- Page Count: 2
- Language: English
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