In addition to factors (crime and alcohol abuse) that account for a life expectancy of 59 years for males and 73 years for females, Russia is now faced with another problem that is wiping out its population. According to Wikipedia, Russia has the highest growth rate of HIV/AIDS outside of Sub-Saharan Africa. But that is not what I am going to say is wiping out its population. Drug addiction is killing approximately 80,000 Russians per year. Because of its geography, Russia is an optimum place for drug trafficking to occur. As a result, many people are becoming addicted to drugs and dying from the abuse of controlled substances. Human Rights Watch is very concerned about the situation in Russia. They want the government of Russia to improve drug treatment schemes which include counseling and medicating patients in an appropriate manner. The death rate from drug abuse in Russia is evidently just another indication that we are living in the last days of this depraved world (2 Timothy 3:1-5).
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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/science/why-russian-men-dont-live-as-long.html?_r=0
I won't argue with you about the harmful effects that overdrinking and smoking have on Russian men. Maybe you'd agree that drugs also could be killing them too:
http://www.newsweek.com/heroin-russia-doubles-price-drug-use-unlikely-drop-416348
Not arguing, just pointing out. I have been to Russia and have seen how common bottles of vodka are on the tables of resteraunts. How an individual can drink a whole bottle the way someone in the med would drink a bottle of wine & the tradition of toasting the health of anything and anyone while drinking vodka shots all evening.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=russian+two+fingers+on+neck&oq=russia+two+fingers&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.8890j0j4&client=tablet-android-pega&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
Sorry wrong gesture, I mean flick of the neck- which was all to common.
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