Reference News Network, November 28 report - According to the website of the Russian newspaper "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on November 27, sociologists have found a significant increase in the number of Russians who do not drink alcohol. The proportion of this group is 1.5 times that of ten years ago, and now accounts for 44% of the total population. In young people, this proportion is as high as 50%. According to a survey by the Russian Public Opinion Foundation, only one quarter of those under 30 know that they have friends who drink alcohol.
The survey shows that 44% of Russians never drink alcohol, and a quarter of them only drink a few times a year. In a similar survey ten years ago, 28% of respondents said they never drank alcohol, and 40% said they occasionally drank.
In the past decade, the proportion of vodka lovers among the Russian population has significantly declined.
Data from the Federal State Statistics Service show that alcohol consumption in Russia has decreased. The annual per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages is expected to drop to 7.74 liters, while the annual estimate released in January this year was 8.39 liters.
According to statistics from the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, Generation Z and Millennials are the least interested groups in Russia regarding alcohol.
Experts from the center believe that the culture of alcohol consumption in Russia has changed. (Translated by Liu Yang)
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