A sign of dictatorship?
Russian prices: +50% since the full-scale invasion. Worst of any major economy.
In the West, half that inflation toppled governments.
Russians just gave United Russia its largest Duma majority ever — 355/450 seats.
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Fifty Percent: How Russia’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Became a Landslide – Oleksandr Shepotylo
Russian consumer prices are up 50% since 2022, the worst inflation among major economies, yet the Kremlin just won its biggest parliamentary majority ever. A look at why the bill never reaches the bal...