"No losses"? The russian federation tripled government spending on the expansion of cemeteries

In 2023, Russian regions spent more than 225 million rubles on expanding cemeteries. This is twice as much as in 2022 and six times more than in 2020, The Moscow Times reports.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the death toll jumped by 35%. However, even this did not provoke such an expansion of cemeteries as the so-called Special Military Operation.

The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous district became the leader, having spent 262 million rubles during the war years. At the same time, Rosstat claims that in 2023, mortality in the region decreased by approximately 4% (!)