Ukraine’s Richest Man Advocates Healthy Lifestyle, Recalls His Childhood
Rinat Akhmetov, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Zhovtneva Mine pool in Donetsk. (The pool reopened after renovation.)
Today, our youths and our kids will devote more time to sports and somehow will devote less time to alcohol and cigarettes. And that’s called a healthy lifestyle, a healthy generation, a healthy family.
I remember how one guy wanted to touch down the pool’s wall, and so he'd hit me in the face with all his might.
Quick facts:
SCM, a company owned by Akhmetov, controls Sarmat, one of the Big Four breweries in Ukraine. Lawyers for Mr. Akhmetov recently won a lawsuit against Obozrevatel, the Orange-leaning online news engine. The hearings, held in a London court, concerned a series of articles by Tetyana Chornovil, in which she portrayed Akhmetov’s youth based on several interviews.
An estimated 700,000 people are suffering from alcohol abuse in Ukraine. According to a WHO study, alcohol consumption among Ukrainian teenagers makes our country second to none.
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http://censor.net.ua/go/offer/ResourceID/73301.html
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/1/15/69737.htm
http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/28110/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3489902,00.html
