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The Associated Press
Date: Friday Sep. 11, 2009 7:07 AM ET
MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev is ordering new restrictions on the sale of beer and similar beverages in what appears to be his first effort to battle Russia's rampant alcoholism.
Medvedev has publicly decried Russia's drinking problem and its effect on the nation's well-being.
The planned new restrictions would bar the sale of beer in cans or bottles larger than one-third of a litre.
The new rules apply to "light alcohol" beverages but not to wine, vodka or other hard liquors.
A study published in June in The Lancet medical journal found that drinking has caused more than half of deaths among Russians aged 15 to 54 since the 1991 Soviet collapse.
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