07 February 2009, 01:00
Chechen authorities contemplate on issuing "prohibition law"
The authorities of Chechnya want to promulgate restrictions on sale of alcoholic products in the territory of the Republic. The respective ideas were announced by Islam Vazirkhanov, head of the Republic's Department of the Federal Tax Service (DFTS) for Chechnya.
The struggle against spread of drunkenness and alcoholism, recently proclaimed of the Chechen leadership, can thus acquire a much broader scale. Appeals are already heard in the Republic to introduce a number of restrictions on sale of alcoholic products, similar to those once introduced in the USSR in the days of Gorbachev's "perestroika".
Thus, Islam Vazirkhanov, head of the DFTS for the Chechen Republic, suggests enacting a number of restrictions for the legal entities selling alcohol. The measures assume restriction of the time (three hours a day), when alcohol beverages containing more than 15 percent of alcohol can be bought, for example, from 2 to 5 p.m.
President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has also stated inadmissibility of distribution of surrogate alcohol in the territory of the Republic and the necessity to counteract drunkenness.
Author: Alexander Ivanov Source: CK correspondent
