The deputy Oleg Mikheev proposed to the State Duma a bill to ban the sale of alcoholic drinks for cash. In his opinion if alcoholic drinks will be bought only by credit cards, it will allow better control of the market and also complicate the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of majority. The experts believe that these measures will contribute to the development of the informal spirits market. The head of the branch of the analytical agency TSIFRRA Vadim Drobiz says «The ban of alcohol buying for cash only reduce the availability of legal alcohol to the public». He also recalls that the residents of the advanced economies use bank cards more often than the Russians, but the level of alcohol consumption increases there too, and both among women and young people. «This is including the aftermath of the global economic crisis, "- he said. In the opinion of the expert, the sale of alcoholic drinks only by credit card is not practiced in any country of the world. And in essence the manipulation of payment options alcoholic drinks will not help to solve the existing problems, according to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". Source - www.alconews.ru