[02:36-03:08] The Evolution of Russian Drinking Culture

And, well, there's also this culture of Russian drinking. This is a generation that drank a lot, a lot. And, as journalists of that generation say, it wasn't alcohol, it was fuel. This fuel helped us, so to speak, to move forward. It's not alcohol, it's fuel. Our generation no longer drinks like that, and for the youth generation, it's generally rare. That is, it's more like a light ritual of togetherness; it's no longer the kind of division that existed among the 'sixties generation'.