00:00About 150 years ago, Russia suffered a defeat in the Crimean War, and alcoholism had a lot
00:06to do with it.
00:07The war would become another example of the country's war-drinking problem catalogued
00:12in the records of Russian history.
00:14Which brings us to today, as Russia is at war with Ukraine, reports say many Russian
00:19troops are dying in Ukraine due to non-combat issues, such as alcohol consumption.
00:25Leaked Pentagon documents report the death toll among Russian troops is now two times
00:30that of their opponents.
00:31Historian Mark Lawrence Schrad attributes the problem to the recruitment process in Russia.
00:36It's still pretty much a conscript army.
00:39It's not a modern volunteer army.
00:41You're getting people in wartime positions who really didn't sign up for this.
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