Does Russia have a reason to be envious of Europe?

[Superboy]

Russia is over 17 million square kilometers, unlike the dwarf countries such as Germany, France, Britain, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Poland, which are all below 650,000 square kilometers. Out of all European countries, only Denmark is over a million square kilometers. Russia has the world's highest oil production and half the world's coal and fifth generation jets PAK-FA and Angara 5 rockets and GLONASS.

 

[MarkusS]

Russia is over 17 million square kilometers, unlike the dwarf countries such as Germany, France, Britain, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Poland, which are all below 600,000 square kilometers. Russia has the world's highest oil production and half the world's coal and fifth generation jets PAK-FA and Angara 5 rockets.

I prefer a small choclate box over a hall filled with cow crap.

Russians die almost 15 years earlier, have a 80% lower living standard. What can they do with a big country since they don´t even have a road system? Putin failed to even construct a autobahn between moscow and st. petersburg. Poverty and corruption is on gigantic levels. I would prefer death over living in this gigantic shithole.

 

[Superboy]

Russians die almost 15 years earlier

Do you have a source for that?

 

[MarkusS]

Russian men losing years to vodka | World news | theguardian.com

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Overall, a quarter of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% of men in the UK and about 10% in the United States. The life expectancy for men in Russia is 64 years, placing it among the lowest 50 countries in the world in that category.

It is not clear how many Russian men drink three bottles or more a week. Lead researcher Sir Richard Peto of Oxford University said the average Russian adult drank 20 litres of vodka per year while the average Briton drank about three litres of spirits.

"Russians clearly drink a lot but it's this pattern of getting really smashed on vodka and then continuing to drink that is dangerous," Peto said.

"The rate of men dying prematurely in Russia is totally out of line with the rest of Europe," he said. "There's also a heavy drinking culture in Finland and Poland but they still have nothing like Russia's risk of death.""

 

[Superboy]

Russian men losing years to vodka | World news | theguardian.com

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Overall, a quarter of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% of men in the UK and about 10% in the United States. The life expectancy for men in Russia is 64 years, placing it among the lowest 50 countries in the world in that category.

It is not clear how many Russian men drink three bottles or more a week. Lead researcher Sir Richard Peto of Oxford University said the average Russian adult drank 20 litres of vodka per year while the average Briton drank about three litres of spirits.

"Russians clearly drink a lot but it's this pattern of getting really smashed on vodka and then continuing to drink that is dangerous," Peto said.

"The rate of men dying prematurely in Russia is totally out of line with the rest of Europe," he said. "There's also a heavy drinking culture in Finland and Poland but they still have nothing like Russia's risk of death.""

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