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Russia appears to be in deep denial. Some of that influence will spread through the ethnic Russian population in other Eastern European countries.

Follow the link in the article to the overall likely undercount, based on excess deaths. It is pretty horrifying.

Uh…did Russia about to lose about 1% of its population due to COVID?? Slightly over 1M excess deaths in a country with a population of 145M.

I recall seeing articles that the largest postwar drop in Russia's population was in 2021