It was Soviet dissident Mikhail Baitalsky who said: “Fighting against the increasing consumption of alcohol is like Don Quixote’s campaign against the windmills. Sensible people don’t engage in such tomfoolery.”

Yet during the summer of 2009, President Dmitri Medvedev signaled the beginning of a new government crusade to reduce the harms associated with the astronomic level of alcohol consumption in Russia. Only time will tell whether these reforms will be successful. To that end, VodkaPolitics.com is a collection of links to information relevant to this latest attempt to make a more sober Russia through government policy.