Paul
Goble
Staunton, November 15 – Russian drinkers
looking for a second or a third to share a bottle of vodka have long been a
feature of public life in their country. Now, the Internet is helping them to
find one another more quickly: on the web, what Russians are calling a “Facebook
for alcoholics” helps them find one another more quickly and privately.
The new page, Russian news services are
reporting, not only has special subpages so that those who want to drink beer
or wine or vodka or anything else can find one another but also was created by
an American, something that Moscow commentators are certain to focus on in the coming
days (56orb.ru/news/obshchestvo/nov_2014/naiti_sobutylnika_stalo_proshche
and
The real reason that Russian
drinkers have traditionally sought out a second or third to drink with is not
social but rather the fact that until relatively recently, Russian firms did
not produce bottles that could be resealed. Thus, once a bottle was opened, it
generally had to be finished, something beyond the capacity of most but not all
single drinkers.
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