Dmitry Shagin: You can be happy without vodka
22:14, 16 September 2009 The St. Petersburg "Mitki" became famous in their time due to their continuous drunkenness. Moreover, they drank not just like that, but for ideological reasons. They fought for the people's right to consume alcoholic beverages. Having defeated Prohibition, unexpectedly for many they put an end to the green serpent. For 15 years now, the founding father of the movement, Dmitry Shagin, and many of his associates have not been drinking at all.