August 15, 2023

Final Thoughts


Estimated[1] number of foreign companies in Russia pre-war: 3,265

Number that have completely exited: 262

Number that have left, for now: 1,205

Number that are waiting and seeing: 514

Number that have stayed: 1,397

Decline[2] in Russian exports in 2023 vs. 2022: 30%

Estimated[3] inflation in Russia since February 2022: 47%

Estimated[4] military casualties on all sides of Russia’s War on Ukraine: 354,000

Confirmed[5] civilian casualties: 9,177

Number[6] of Russians who have left the country since the start of the war: 900,000

Total[7] number of Ukrainians displaced by the war: 6,200,000

Number[8] of Ukrainian children not currently enrolled in school: 2 in 3

Estimated[9] cost to rebuild Ukraine after the war: $411,000,000,000

Russians detained[10] at anti-war protests since February 2022: 19,747

Total criminal cases against anti-war dissenters: 660

Cases opened for discrediting of the army: 7,182

Number[11] of “foreign agents” identified by Russian authorities: 755

 

[1] leave-russia.org

[2] t.me/finanz_ru, 7/28/23

[3] Ibid, 7/26/23

[4] reuters.com, 4/12/23

[5] statista.com, 7/17/23

[6] wikipedia.org (bit.ly/russians-leaving)

[7] unrefugees.org

[8] Unicef.org

[9] Worldbank.org, 3/23/23

[10] en.ovdinfo.org, 7/30/23

[11] inoteka.io

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