The Kremlin convinces people that everything is stable in the country. But then, from Andrei Okun's calculations, we learn that in 34 regions of Russia public sector workers are already being laid off en masse.
The Kremlin's main waste in recent years has been war. For it he sacrifices both people and regional budgets.
A young journalist from St. Petersburg, Andrei Okun, continues to write honestly about what is happening in Russia.