This is pretty close to half a years worth of births for Russia and obviously the lost even more. Last time Russia did mobilize a lot of young men left the country. So it will be very likely worse then that. Oh and Putin cares about the number of births in Russia, so those numbers might well be fake.
At the same time, Putin Urges Businesses to Back Russian Innovation as State Funding Shrinks.
Moscow universities face higher competition for tuition-free university spots as paid seats are being eliminated while military quotas expand.
And Russia’s healthcare crumbles amid Putin’s war with Ukraine, one of the biggest consequences being a massive exodus of skilled specialists from the medical profession, as the number of doctors has declined from 800 000 to less than 600 000 from 2014 to 2026.
Russia spends more on military and disinformation campaigns than it spends for education, science, healthcare.
Reminder: all those soldiers from 2022 are dead or permanently disabled.
More fertilizer for the sunflowers I guess.
Soldier: gets leg blown off
Russia: “you uhh… You gonna eat that?”
No doubt children, old men, and mercenaries
