TULA, Russia–Valery Yermokov's heart stopped beating as soon as he finished the quart of homemade vodka. A drug addict who could not possibly afford heroin, he had also injected a coarser opiate into his veins. Read more »
Russia’s Degenerating Health: Rampant Illness, Shorter Lives
February 19th, 1995 | Posted in Articles, New York Times | No CommentsTags: New York Times, Russia
Michael Specter has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998.