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“Russia stands out for its extraordinarily high death rate, particularly among men, from cardiovascular diseases (heart attacks, strokes, etc.) and injuries (homicides, suicides, accidents).”…. This can be explained by Russia’s terrible health-care system, its environmental pollution, and its high levels of binge drinking and drug addiction — which, in turn, are a signs of despair.” …. The disparity is even more dramatic among men: In the United States it’s 75 and in Russia, 66…. Putin is acutely conscious of the problem and talks about it all the time. It is part of the explanation for the theft and removal to Russia education camps of Ukrainian children.
“Russia’s population loss is expected to continue — down to 135 million people by 2050 and 126 million by 2100.”
Read article dated March 2023 The Washington Post;
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/14/russia-population-crisis-putin/
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And America is not much better … why?
US life expectancy has declined two years in a row, meaning that babies born today are expected to live about 2.5 years less than those born in 2019, according to the CDC. Americans on average will now kick the bucket at 76, the lowest age in the 21st century — and more than six years earlier than the rest of the G-7.
The biggest contributor to Americans’ shortening life spans is drug overdoses, especially from fentanyl. The pandemic — and the mental health crisis that ran alongside it — is also to blame. The US saw more COVID deaths than other G-7 nations, while fatalities from suicide and alcohol-induced liver failure skyrocketed. Many of these deaths were of young people, which has a compounded effect on the national average.
While COVID took a toll on life expectancy across the G-7, all but the US rebounded after the first year. The US knocked off a whopping 1.3 years in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020 and has continued to slide. The speed of America’s decline marks the biggest two-year drop in life expectancy since 1921.
The common wisdom is that wealthier countries should enjoy higher life expectancies than poorer ones, as they have the resources to invest in healthcare and better standards of living. This rings true for the rest of the G-7, which have a combined average life expectancy of 83 years old. But the US — the only G-7 country without free national healthcare — has lagged behind throughout the 21st century, plateauing at 78 in 2008 while fellow G-7 nations continued to climb.
We compare US life expectancy to the G-7 average (minus America) since 2000.
11th April, 2023
Up to 800,000 Russians illegally moved to #Crimea , reports Deutsche Welle, citing the Permanent Representative of the President of #Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tamila Tasheva. “We advise them to leave the occupied Crimea earlier, while they have such an… Show more
11th April 2023
More than 11 M Ukrainian refugees have fled to Poland since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in Feb last year, according to Poland’s EU representative. About 87% of those crossing the border are women and children.
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Володимир Зеленський
10th April 2023
Everything that strengthens defense against terror & gives our soldiers more opportunities for active movement – all this protects everyone in the world. The term “defeat” should become a companion to the term “aggressor”, and it is only the victory that will ensure this.
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11th April 2023
Prigozhin confirms that regular RuAF troops have taken over both flanks for Wagner to let the PMC concentrate on finishing up in Bakhmut, says 80% of the city is now under Russian control, mostly residential areas & tunnels that have been turned into strongpoints by the AFU.
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Sources told Meduza that Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin may be planning to take over the party A Just Russia’s St. Petersburg branch to wield it against the city’s governor — and his ambitions for the party likely also extend to the federal level.
‘He wants his own deputies’ Meduza’s sources say Evgeny Prigozhin hopes to take control of the…
In November 2022, two Kremlin insiders told Meduza they believed Kremlin-backed tycoon Evgeny Prigozhin had plans to launch a conservative movement
10th April 2023
For the first time in history, Aeroflot has sent one of its jets to Iran for maintenance work. Technicians at Mahan Air will do the upkeep on an Airbus A330-300. Before the 2022 sanctions, this work was often handled in Hong Kong.
rbc.ru «Аэрофлот» впервые отправил самолет для ремонта в Иран «Аэрофлот» на фоне западных санкций впервые в истории отправил свой самолет на ремонт в Иран. Компетенции местных
11th April 2023
German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an early critic of the Nazi regime. He was arrested for resistance activities in 1943 and later sent to a concentration camp because of his ties to Operation Valkyrie, a plot to kill Hitler. #OTD in 1945 his opposition cost him his life.
10th April 2023
Putin’s ex-wife is profiting from the war. As Russians drown in skyrocketing debt, the company associated with Putin’s ex-is issuing loans secured against people’s cars. The ex-wife of the Pres. Putin personally received 58 million rubles from the company last year.
11th April 2023
Everyone needs to know who Vladimir Kara Murza is. He’s the anti Putin activist who faces the longest ever sentence for political prisoners in Russia-25 years. That’s how afraid Putin is of Vladimir. Please watch this short video.
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10th April 2023
3/ The Lantos Foundation will never stop advocating for Vladimir’s freedom so he can help make the vision of a free, democratic Russia a reality. #FREEVKM
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky Retweeted
11th April 2023
The only author to win all 3 of Russia’s major book prizes says Russian culture “was blown away” by the Ukraine invasion. “If there is Russian culture, if there is Tolstoy, if there is Rachmaninov, and so on, then how was Bucha possible?”
11th April 2023
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has made the right decision to indict Putin for war crimes, it’s not merely symbolic. Nonetheless, the international crime of aggression would be more straightforward to prosecute, notes
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11th April 2023
The regional council of #Volyn unanimously supported the banning of the #Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the #Moscow Patriarchate on the territory of the region.
The 830-mile shared border between Russia and Finland more than doubles the length of NATO’s prior border with Russia, which spanned 755 miles. While Russia has expressed little if any interest in territorial expansion to its northwest, …” /3
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#Putin‘s “partial #mobilization” to exacerbate #Russia‘s shrinking male demography already weakened by heavy losses from the #UkraineWar
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Ukraine’s modern demography is ultimately shaped by war. War has a profound impact on the age pyramid of Ukraine, as well as the ratio of females to males in the population. #Demography #EasternEurope #Population #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar #War https://blue-europe.eu/?p=10676
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Demography is destiny. Whatever happens to the energy flows, Europe needs more humans. #UkraineWar #paulmorland #g7summit2022
11th April 2023
British military escorts ukrainian soldiers from training in Great Britain. #Ukraine #British #Britain #nato #Ukrainian #EU
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11th April 2023
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11th April 2023
#OpEd Ahead of a verdict expected next week, outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has been tried for treason for his outspoken anti-war comments, made a defiant closing speech to the court on Monday.
My Only Regret Is Failing to Convince People of the Danger Putin Posed
11th April 2023
The number of young workers in Russia fell by 1.33 million people between December 2021 and December 2022, the second-largest decrease in the history of record-keeping. https://themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/11/rus
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11th April 2023
Valeriya and Andriy were defending Azovstal in Mariupol. They got married. 3 days later Andriy died. Valeria promised him that no matter what she will make it out. Yesterday she was freed from captivity! #Ukraine #Ukrainian
11th April 2023
‘Hi, I’m Elya, I’m nine and a half. I’m hiding from the war.’ Children from Mariupol left messages and drawings on the walls of a basement where they hid as Russia’s siege destroyed the city — Meduza https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/04/09/hi-i-m-elya-i-m-nine-and-a-half-i-m-hiding-from-the-war?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=share_twitter&utm_campaign=share
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‘Hi, I’m Elya, I’m nine and a half. I’m hiding from the war.’ Children from Mariupol left messages…
Mariupol was almost completely destroyed during the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine. While the city took artillery fire, many residents,
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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history” George Orwell
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