Vodka is a major Russian export item in the West. Meanwhile, between 550,000 and 700,000 Russians die from alcohol poisoning and related illnesses every year while drinking this junk and poisonous Russian product, a Russian lawmaker said Wednesday, citing a scientific report.
Russia has seen a surge in mass deaths of vodka drinkers, and large numbers of fatalities have been registered throughout their country.
"Narcology scientists have prepared a major report analyzing the alcoholism problem in Russia," a deputy chairman of the Russian parliament's health protection committee said, according to a news report.
A law requiring certain changes to the composition of industrial alcohol came into force on July 1, he said.
A speaker of the Russian lower house of parliament said Tuesday that a total of 17,000 people were already killed as a direct result of consuming poisonous vodka in Russia from January to early September.
Up to now, nobody hindered Russians to sell their poisonous liquid called vodka for consumption in other countries.
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