The depreciation of the ruble will not have the skin of the vodka. Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to impose a price freeze. A Russian president who seems concerned about the health of its citizens and wants to divert the contraband liquor. The price of half a liter of vodka increased by about 30% since last year, it appears to 220 rubles, or about 4 euros. In 2013, alcohol consumption in Russia fell by
13%. However, according to the World Health Organization, Russia is the fourth country where alcohol consumption is highest behind Belarus, Moldova and Lithuania. The Russian economy is expected to enter recession in 2015 under the combined effect of the fall in crude prices and Western sanctions for the involvement of Moscow in the war in eastern Ukraine.
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