Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that alcoholism population must struggle through culture and sport. Informs TASS. "Should be applied in the fight against alcoholism population all means, one of them is through culture, increase interest in sport, physical culture," said the leader of the country at the meeting of the state Council and the Council for culture and the arts. At the same time Putin has spoken out against the rise of prices on alcohol, noting that the fight needs healthy methods. "Illegal vodka, all surrogates, spirits similar families are formed from specific overestimation of rates for legal products," said a Russian favorite. The President urged suitable texture, namely, Rosalkogolregulirovanie to think about it. As we RIA Novosti reported, at the meeting of the state Council of the Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov has offered to send a portion of the proceeds from excise taxes on alcohol on the financing of culture. On Wednesday, December 24, on the website of the government was placed a resolution on the introduction to the state Duma of the draft law aimed at improving accounting of the sale of alcohol and alkogolesoderzhaschee products. On Tuesday, the lower house in the 2nd and 3rd readings adopted a law permitting from 23:00 to 7:00 to announce on TV and radio domestic wine, champagne and beer. On the same day the largest narcologist of the Ministry of health Yevgeny Bryun said that, according to official data, there are 2.7 million patients with alcoholism and about 700 thousand registered drug addicts, reports "Interfax".