"We use alcohol with moderation"

Paavo Arhinmäki, Left Alliance, Finland's Minister
of Culture and Sport, in Sochi on Saturday.
Picture: Nasa.

Paavo Arhinmäki. Left party, Finland's Minister of Culture and Sport, has apologised for his conduct in Sochi on Saturday, conceding to reporters at the Helsinki Airport on Monday that the evening had got out of hand.
Several sources suggest that Arhinmäki was heavily intoxicated when there were celebrating with the national ice hockey team after their victorious bronze game against the United States on Saturday. Information obtained by Helsingin Sanomat and Yle  suggest that the players had to carry Arhinmäki to a hotel room that had been arranged for him after it became apparent that he was unable to return to his own hotel.
Earlier on Monday, Ilta-Sanomat reported that Arhinmäki had also missed a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vitaly Mutko, due to heavy partying.
Arhinmäki has dismissed those claims.
Men:

Naturally, ministers should be able to control their partying in order to prevent it from going so far. It went too far, 

he admitted when asked whether Saturday's events were fitting for a minister.

We know, one time in Finland, the Minister was forced to resign because he sent some flirty text messages.

In the Finland's public sector, the use of alcohol and other intoxicants increase, for example, health care, social welfare and policing costs. More than one-third of the offences – and as many as over half of the assaults – recorded in Finland are committed under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 

Also the number of deaths from alcohol poisoning is higher in Finland than elsewhere in Europe.

Alcohol and drug use place a substantial burden on public coffers, with the related costs creeping up to approximately two billion euros in 2011 – equalling the funds allocated annually for Finnish universities and the operations of the Defence Forces.