Former Bellator champion Alexander Shlemenko explained the reasons why he is fighting alcoholism in Russia. Shlemenko called Alexander Emelianenko an example of how the country is "exterminated by alcoholic genocide."
"I am not an advocate of a healthy life I just don't want my country and my people to die. They are exterminated by alcoholic genocide. And Alexander Emelianenko is a typical example.
Do you know how many people have disappeared already there, in this grave? The funny thing is: I'm fighting, promoting dry law, in my city I take bottles from drunks, pour them into the trash, and they hate me! I am fighting against the opening of new alcohol stores, I do not need them, I want to close all of them altogether, but I can’t do it yet."