Table A2.

Overview of legislation introduced since 2009 that aim at reducing alcohol consumption and/or increasing physical activity at the population level as part of a healthy lifestyle promotion approach.

2009–2015	Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development No. 597 to establish health centers to promote a healthy lifestyle, including reducing alcohol and tobacco use. Source: Consultant.ru. (2020a) [51].
2010–2011	Government Decree of the Russian Federation N 1237 to establish the procedure for providing subsidies from the federal budget to the regions for co-financing expenditures related to the implementation of measures aimed at the formation of a healthy lifestyle among the population of the Russian Federation, including reducing alcohol and tobacco use. Source: Consultant.ru. (2020b). [Ref. [143] consumption of alcohol and tobacco”] Available online: http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_109122/2de1a3a25c6780a17b08f3b897cb769b8277e436/
2011–2016	Government Decree of the Russian Federation No. 1166 to establish new procedures on the allocation of the federal budget for the implementation of various measures aimed at the formation of a healthy lifestyle among the population of the Russian Federation, including reducing alcohol and tobacco use. Source: Consultant.ru. (2020c) [144]
2013	Following the Order of the Ministry of Health of Russia No. 677, an information and communication strategy for the formation of a healthy lifestyle is released which aims to help reduce alcohol and tobacco use in the population and to prevent and control non-medical use of drugs and psychotropic substances for the period until 2020. Source: Consultant.ru. (2020d) [145].
2017	Following the meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council on Strategic Development and Priority Projects, on 26 July 2017, the passport of the priority project “Formation of a Healthy Lifestyle” is approved. The key goal of the project is to increase the proportion of citizens committed to a healthy lifestyle to 50% by 2020 and to 60% by 2025. Source: Government.ru. (2020) [146].
2018	The Presidential Decree on National Projects of the Russian Federation is signed by the President. While the national project “Healthcare” is aimed at considerably reducing mortality rates of the working-age population as well as infant mortality, the national project “Demography” is, among other things, dedicated to increasing healthy life expectancy as well as the share of the population dedicated to a healthy lifestyle. Source: Publication.pravo.gov.ru. (2020) [147].
2018	The National Medical Research Center for Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation publishes a draft of the “Strategy for the Formation of a Healthy Lifestyle of the Population, Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases for the Period Until 2025”. The strategy is based on the recommendations and guidelines of the World Health Organization on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, such as universal health coverage, intersectoral guiding principles, evidence-based approaches and management of emerging conflicts of interest. The main goal of the strategy is to create the needed conditions for a healthy lifestyle, i.e., a smoke-free environment, limiting the availability, advertising, and promotion of alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food, increasing the availability of healthy and nutritious food, etc. As for specific provisions of alcohol control, the strategy suggests further increases in alcohol excise rates and restrictions on alcohol availability and marketing, further measures against unrecorded alcohol such as administrative fines, and a ban on the sale of alcohol-based liquids that can be misused as surrogate alcohol as well as awareness raising campaigns. The specific alcohol target of the strategy is a 10% relative decrease of alcohol per capita consumption until 2025. Source: Gnicpm.ru. (2018) [148].
2019	The Ministry of Health launches a series of corporate health promotion programs as part of their “Strengthening the Worker’s Health Approach” Source: Minzdrav.gov.ru., 2020 [149].
2020	The “Strategy for the formation of a healthy lifestyle for the population, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases for the period up to 2025” is adopted. The agreed-upon alcohol reduction target is the benchmark of 9 L of pure alcohol per capita until 2025. The strategy has a strong focus on mental health and calls for increased coverage of preventive measures for the early detection of behavioral and biological risk factors as well as for a better access to specialized care for alcohol use disorders [150].
2020	Changes to the Russian constitution expand the notion of “coordination of healthcare issues” in Article 72G and adds “affordable and high-quality medical care, preserving and strengthening public health, creating conditions for a healthy lifestyle, forming a culture of responsible citizens’ attitude to their health” as fundamentals of the Russian constitutional system [151].