Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ The demographic impact on Russia of the war in Ukraine is starkly revealed by the statistic that in 2022, the war likely caused the death of every second Russian who died between the ages of 20 and 24. ⬇️

2/ 'People of Baikal' reports that according to Russia's national statistics agency, Rosstat, 1,905,778 people died in Russia in 2022. Independent sociologists have found that young men had a much higher mortality rate than in 2021.

3/ The data in categories older than the 18-29 group are not taken into account, as they are distorted because of excess mortality caused by COVID-19.

4/ 'People of Baikal' comments that "the share of war deaths in the category of 20-24 years old is half of all the deaths of young men of this age. That is, every second man of that age who died in Russia last year died in a combat zone."

5/ It notes that these figures do not contradict the figures for Russian war dead in Ukraine which have been collected from open sources, such as relatives (the Russian government keeps its own figures secret). As of 5 May, 6,698 young men are confirmed to have died in the war.

6/ However, this figure is known to be greatly less than the actual number, as coverage is patchy – many deaths have not been publicly reported – and the bodies of many of those killed in the war have not been recovered, or are still listed as missing in action. /end

Source:
t.me/Baikal_People/…