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1. Russians Turned to Diet Drugs and Antidepressants

Sales of weight-loss drugs and antidepressants surged last year, while abortion pills fell in response to tighter controls.

Tags: social issues, statistics, health, russia file
2. "Slavs Only": Discriminatory Rental Ads Persist

An analysis of rental ads across 30 major Russian cities finds ethnic discrimination is still shaping who gets housing.

Tags: regions, social issues, law
3. Property Lost, Entry Denied

Thousands of Ukrainians are having their homes in Mariupol stolen from them by the Russian state.

Tags: social issues, law, mariupol, war, russia file
4. Watch Only Half an Episode

A Russian TV channel cut half an episode of a popular sitcom for jokes that implied a character might be gay.

Tags: social issues, internet, Film & TV, lgbt, censorship
5. Inside Russia's Teenage Drug Epidemic

A new BBC investigation exposed how mephedrone is fueling a teenage drug epidemic across Russia.

Tags: teenagers, law, drugs, social issues, russia file
6. Marriage War Scams Grow

Russian lawmakers push for tougher rules amid reports of women marrying deployed soldiers to collect benefits.

Tags: marriage, social issues, law, war, military, russia file
7. Running Out of Doctors and Nurses

Russia's health care system is running out of doctors, nurses, and hospitals. Some regions have no oncologists or cardiologists.

Tags: government, social issues, regions, health, russia file
8. Vanishing Numbers in Russia

Russia pulls hundreds of key statistics and shuts down most demographic data.

Tags: social issues, government, statistics, russia file
9. War Memorials, Harsh Justice

Russia is increasingly using its “rehabilitation of Nazism” law to punish for minor acts near war memorials.

Tags: social issues, war, law, russia file
10. Juvie for Bullies

The General Prosecutor's office proposed sending school bullies to temporary detention centers.

Tags: crime, social issues, government, law, children

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