Problems with transporting agricultural products via the Black Sea have so far not led to a food crisis on the scale of spring 2022, but they have already caused the fastest price increase since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index rose by 13.1% in Q3 and reached its highest level since Q1 2022, when it gained 19.5%.

#bloomberg #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #graindeal #acrisis #UN #food #statistics #Turkey #BlackSeaFleet

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«Novaya Gazeta Europe» estimated United Russia’s result in the State Duma elections at about 34% without votes that the statistical method classifies as anomalous. The party’s official result, according to this analysis, is 57.8%.

#elections #TheStateDuma #UnitedRussia #Study #NovayaGazetaEvropa #SergeyShpilkin #statistics

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In 59% of Russian households, at least one cat lives, and this is the highest figure in the world. Romania is in second place with 48%, and Indonesia is third with 47%.

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Over 15 years, the number of abortions registered in Russia fell from 1.01 million to 235,700, Vedomosti calculated based on data from Rosstat, the Ministry of Health, and expert estimates. In per-birth terms, that is 20 abortions per 100 births instead of 56.

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Novokuznetsk, Penza, Tolyatti, Lipetsk, and Tyumen became the cities with the most affordable one-bedroom apartment rentals, according to Cian’s materials. In these cities, rent takes up 24–26% of the average citywide salary.

#Forrent #housing #Russia #statistics #prices

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In the place of the closed GULAG Museum in Moscow, a «Museum of the Genocide of the Soviet People» is being created. If we didn't know what a kingdom of crooked mirrors Russia is today, this could even be welcomed — after all, there really was genocide in the USSR. However, it was not at all the kind that the Russian authorities mean today.

#WorldWarII #genocide #Hitler #Twoleggedbelt #industrialization #historicalmemory #historicalmyths #collectivization #leftandright #propaganda #repressionsintheUSSR #Russia #Stalin #statistics #Trotsky #theeconomyisalmost #essay

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Today marks exactly one year since the Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. This indiscriminate attack with numerous civilian victims—just one of many of its kind—last spring shattered the fragile hopes that had emerged for a quick end to the war in Ukraine. On this somber anniversary, it's worth remembering: war is not about internet blockades, oil prices, or the ruble exchange rate. War is death every day. Including for those who neither participate in it nor can participate: women, children, and the elderly left behind the front lines.

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From 2019 to 2024, the share of high school graduates entering universities in Russia dropped from 86% to 60%. In most developed countries during the same period, access to higher education continued to grow — since the modern economy demands increasingly complex skills.

#future #WarinUkraine #west #education #aftertheUSSR #forecast #Russia #statistics #theuniversity #school #expertise

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At the end of January, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published updated data on casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war. According to analysts’ estimates, the total number of killed, wounded, and missing amounts to 1.8 million people. Of these, 1.2 million are Russian losses, and 600,000 are Ukrainian losses.

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