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Russia's economy is so bad,
that Putin stopped putting out 115 statistical categories beginning in 2026.
Putin's way to alleviate his horrible economy is to hide how bad it is. 1/3 of Russians have trouble providing food for their families, that was before Putin killed the statistics.
No stats for cost of dead soldiers, or how many soldiers.
No stats for wages, unemployment, number of people in prison.
Russia has become North Korea 2.0.