A video of a woman who was literally falling down drunk as she made her way home from the shops has become an internet hit in Russia.

The footage, filmed on a car's dashboard camera as it pulls into a parking space in Belgorod, a city in western Russia, shows the smartly-dressed woman walking in a strange manner before she starts to sway from side to side.

With a shopping bag in one hand and a handbag in the other to balance her, the woman starts to stagger in circles as she begins the struggle to stay upright.

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The footage shows the smartly-dressed woman walking in a strange manner before she starts to sway from side to side

She then starts to stagger in circles as she begins the struggle to stay upright

Driver Trofim Tretiakov, who posted the video online, said: 'You can see she's in trouble but somehow she keeps it together for a while, but she seems to get distracted by the car's headlights.'

He goes on to say: 'You can see her trying to check something in her handbag and the strain of trying to do two things at once seems to be the last straw for her.

'Suddenly she loses it completely and falls flat on her back into another parked the car like she'd been knocked unconscious.'

He added: 'I wondered what was she carrying in those bags? Litre bottles of vodka?'

She then staggers in a near-complete circle before falling and hitting a parked car

Police have confirmed a 32-year-old woman had been treated for minor injuries following a fall

Some commentators online however questioned whether the woman had been drinking and suggested she may have in fact been taking something else.

Police confirmed that a 32-year-old woman had been treated for minor injuries following a fall.