MarkRussian #statistics service excludes data from report to conceal #war deaths
Statistics Service excluded total number of #deaths from external causes in its annual report
Statistics service includes deaths from external factors such as road accidents, homicides, & suicides, rather than diseases
Analytics & journalists have been using the data to extrapolate number of Russian soldiers #killed after #RussiaInvadedUkraine
Russia's statistics service excludes data from annual report to conceal war deaths
Russia’s State Statistics Service has excluded the total number of deaths from external causes in its annual report, independent Russian media outlet Meduza reported on July 16, citing demographic expert Aleksei Raksha.