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Russia's minimum vodka price to tackle alcoholism

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Russia is introducing a new minimum price for a bottle of vodka in a move designed to tackle alcoholism.

The measure is also an attempt to make it harder to produce the spirit illegally.

Maria Vassilieva reports.

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