1.   Heavy drinking, encouraged by subsidized vodka prices under communism, has compounded the violence, particularly in the countryside.

2.   Vodka prices soar.

3.   In fact, Russian vodka prices should be raised as manufacturing costs go up, Zhirinovsky said.

4.   It said the Tax Service also wants to tighten control over licensing distilleries, limit imports and boost minimum vodka prices to improve revenue collections.

5.   The Tax Service also wants to tighten control over licensing distilleries, limit imports and boost minimum vodka prices to improve revenue collections.

6.   Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed a dictatorship for the sake of Russian democracy, an end to foreign meddling in Bosnia -- and higher vodka prices.