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There are 41 item(s) tagged with the keyword "social issues".

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1. Where Are All the Workers?

Russian companies are experiencing a shortage of foreign workers.

Tags: immigration, russia file, international relations, social issues, economy
2. Rubles for Rubble?

The Russian state has given more than five billion rubles, or $56 million, to some 35,000 residents in Kursk who have lost property due to Ukraine's counterattack on Russian soil.

Tags: kursk, social issues, war in ukraine
3. What's Your Score?

A Moscow university hopes to create a social score system like China's. 

Tags: technology, social issues, china
4. Small-Town Russia and the War

Sociologists spent a month living in small-town Russia to understand how Russians feel about the war in Ukraine.

Tags: rural life, ukraine war, social issues
5. Brothers by Blood, if Nothing Else

The Independent journal People of Baikal profiled the Batrakov brothers: one who's stateside, the other on the front lines of Ukraine.

Tags: war in ukraine, orphans, social issues
6. Teach Not Fear, But Self-Esteem

A trans woman from St. Petersburg was forced to pull her child from school because of her gender. 

Tags: trans women, politics, education, social issues, lgbt
7. The Registration Lady Can't be Stopped

Despite fines and threats, a Kaluga activist continues to help migrants access benefits in Russia.

Tags: censorship, war in ukraine, draft, social issues, migrants, immigration
8. Children with Child

From pressuring teens to abort to denying requested abortions, orphanages in Russia often mishandle pregnancy cases. 

Tags: social issues, pregnancy, teenagers, adoption, orphans, orphanage
9. He Was Sentenced to 17 Years. Now He Is Free.

Vladimir Putin pardons a convicted killer involved in the Russian war in Ukraine.

Tags: social issues, military, russia file, government, law, war
10. Ecocide, Russia's Latest Weapon of War

Ukraine's Kakhovka Dam exploded, killing at least 13 people and thousands of animals and causing irreparable damage.

Tags: politics, social issues, war in ukraine, kakhovka dam, environment

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