sentences:  He stated that the militia officers of districts had started to work with families, in co-operation with child protection officials; and that, as a result of the preventive work, the annual cases of domestic violence had decreased by 25–30 percent.Another factor is the decline in alhocol consumption, with alcohol consumption down 40% since the early 2000s according to the World Health Organization.In a 2003 press release, Amnesty International claimed that, each day, 36,000 women in the Russian Federation were beaten by their husbands or partners.