In the upper house of the Russian Parliament asked the government to raise the minimum age of sale of alcohol from 18 to 21 years. This was stated by the Senator Valery Ryazansky, writes RIA “Novosti”.
According to Ryazan, on the backdrop of the spread of coronavirus infection of the new type the subject of the health of citizens is of particular relevance. The senators also asked the State Duma to speed up consideration of the draft law on restriction of tobacco Smoking, shared details of it.
on 13 may, the Minister of health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko said that in the regime of self-isolation during a pandemic COVID-19, the Russians began a thicket to die from the effects of alcohol. According to the head of the Ministry of health restricting the sale of alcohol will pave “the way to reduce mortality and morbidity” in the future to move away from a culture of alcohol abuse.
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