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俄总统签限酒令 啤酒不能随便喝
http://www.sina.com.cn 2011年07月23日 15:27 中国日报网-英语点津俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫近日签署了一项新法案，啤酒将被正式划归到酒精饮料之列。在过去十年内俄罗斯的啤酒销量增长了40%，俄罗斯人现在的饮酒量是世界卫生组织建议的最大饮酒量的两倍。新法令将加强对啤酒销售的限制。
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic。
Until now anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia has been considered a foodstuff。
The move, signed into law on Wednesday, will allow ministers tocontrol the sale of beer in the same way that spirits are controlled。
Russian alcohol consumption is already twice the critical level set by the World Health Organization。
Although vodka has long been the traditional tipple in Russia, beerhas soared in popularity, being marketed as a healthier alternative tospirits。
Over the past decade, beer sales in Russia have risen more than 40% while vodka sales have fallen by nearly 30%。
Correspondents say it is common to see people swigging beer in the street and in parks as if they are drinking soft drinks。
It is not restricted to certain stores and is sold around the clock。
"The law brings some order into the sale of beer," Vadim Drobiz,director of the Centre for Federal and Regional Alcohol Market Studies,told US broadcaster Bloomberg。
Last year the Russian beer industry was hit by a 200% tax hike onits products as ministers sought to bring consumption under control。
The new measures - which come into effect in 2013 - will stopalcohol being sold in unlicensed kiosks, ban its sale from storesbetween certain hours and restrict its advertising。
In 2009 President Medvedev ordered the government to prepare draftlaws on a package of measures to counter growing alcohol abuse。