The Russian government approved a plan of measures to reduce alcohol consumption in the country

The Russian Government has approved an action plan to implement the reduction of alcohol consumption until 2030. This was reported on December 13 by the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

"The Russian Government has approved the action plan to implement the concept of reducing alcohol consumption in the Russian Federation. The main goal of the concept until 2030 is to reduce alcohol consumption and related mortality, morbidity and disability," TASS quoted the press service as saying.

As noted in the Ministry of Health, the plan contains about 29 measures aimed at improving the quality and accessibility of medical care for people with alcohol dependence and the development of medical rehabilitation, as well as the system of regulation of the turnover of moonshine machines and the prohibition of remote trade in moonshine machines and their advertising.

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Before that, on October 31, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation supported the initiatives of regional authorities to limit the sale of alcohol. According to Deputy Head of the Department of Risk Factor Prevention and Communication Technologies in Healthcare of the Central Research Institute of Organization and Informatization of Healthcare of the Ministry of Health of Russia Viktor Zykov, alcohol abuse is one of the causes of chronic diseases and early death.

Earlier, on October 29, the governor of the Vologda region Georgy Filimonov said that the region plans to limit the sale of alcohol to two hours a day. Thus, from March 1, 2025, alcohol may start selling from 12:00 to 14:00 on weekdays, and the usual mode will remain on weekends and holidays. Filimonov explained such a decision by the high mortality rate of the population in the region.

On the same day, the head of the Sverdlovsk region's parliament, Lyudmila Babushkina, said that the regional authorities were considering the introduction of a complete ban on the sale of alcohol in the region.