Russia may ban shop sales of spirits containing more than 15% pure alcohol in 2010, Interfax news agency reported.

据国际文传电讯社报道，俄罗斯拟于今年全面禁止各商铺出售酒精浓度在15度以上的酒精饮料。

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Drinkers in Britain and the U.S. mainly drank beer, in France it was wine and in Russia it was spirits.

英国和美国的饮酒者主要饮用啤酒，法国是葡萄酒，俄罗斯是烈性酒。

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The top three vodka brands in Russia, which sold a combined 20 million cases of vodka in 2007, only accounted for 6% of Russia's total spirits market.

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European drinks makers, along with other consumer-goods companies, have pushed deeper into developing markets such as China and Russia in recent years, hoping to offset slowing sales of premium spirits in austerity-hit Europe.

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