 This number is nearly 3 times as much as it was in 1990.In Moscow on September 24 of 2009, Russia's interior minister Rashid Nurgaliyev cited the average intake at an estimated 18 liters a year; "In Russia, each person, including babies, accounts for about 18 liters of spirits per year.In the opinion of WHO experts, consumption of more than 8 liters per year poses a real threat to the health of the nation.